Impact of lesion sets on mid-term results of surgical ablation procedure for atrial fibrillation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 931-940

  Onorati, Francesco ^a   Mariscalco, Giovanni ^b   Rubino, Antonino Salvatore ^c   Serraino, Filiberto ^c   Santini, Francesco ^a   Musazzi, Andrea ^b   Klersy, Catherine ^d   Sala, Andrea ^b   Renzulli, Attilio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

A WAVE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAZE TEST; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK FACTOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951643503     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.09.055     Document Type: Article

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