Left atrial ganglion ablation as an adjunct to atrial fibrillation surgery in valvular heart disease

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-102

  Ware, Adam L ^b   Suri, Rakesh M ^a   Stulak, John M ^a   Sundt III, Thoralf M ^a   Schaff, Hartzell V ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THORAX SURGERY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GANGLIA; HEART ATRIA; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650436238     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.08.037     Document Type: Article

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