Epicardial microwave ablation of permanent atrial fibrillation during a coronary bypass and/or aortic valve operation: Prospective, randomised, controlled, mono-centric study

Applied Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 220-228

  Knaut, M ^a   Kolberg, S ^a   Brose, S ^a   Jung, F ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic valve replacement and permanent atrial fibrillation; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Epicardial ablation; Microwave energy; Prospective randomised trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTIC VALVE REPAIR; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEVICE; EPICARDIAL MICROWAVE ABLATION; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MICROWAVE THERAPY; OFF PUMP SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SINUS RHYTHM; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 78951477120     PISSN: 09205268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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