Thoracoscopic pulmonary vein isolation in patients with atrial fibrillation and failed percutaneous ablation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 633-638

  Castellá, Manuel ^a   Pereda, Daniel ^a   Mestres, Carlos A ^a   Gómez, Félix ^a   Quintana, Eduard ^a   Mulet, Jaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMATOMA; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; MORTALITY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT FAILURE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 77955985539     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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