Surgical maze procedure as a treatment for atrial fibrillation: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Cardiovascular Therapeutics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 311-326

  Kong, Melissa H ^a   Lopes, Renato D ^a   Piccini, Jonathan P ^a   Hasselblad, Vic ^a   Bahnson, Tristram D ^a   Al Khatib, Sana M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Maze; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DIGITALIS; QUINIDINE; SOTALOL;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956403899     PISSN: 17555914     EISSN: 17555922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-5922.2010.00139.x     Document Type: Review

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