Ablation surgery in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation: An 8-year clinical experience

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 377-382

  Geidel, Stephan ^a   Krause, Korff ^a   Boczor, Sigrid ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a   Lass, Michael ^a   Ostermeyer, Jörg ^a   Schmoeckel, Michael ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SOTALOL;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVERSION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART ATRIA; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78751625160     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.03.024     Document Type: Article

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