Treatment of long-lasting persistent atrial fibrillation using minimally invasive surgery combined with irbesartan

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1183-1189

  Wang, Jian Gang ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Shi, Jia Hai ^b   Han, Jie ^a   Cui, Yong Qiang ^a   Luo, Tian Ge ^a   Meng, Xu ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; IRBESARTAN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SINUS RHYTHM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VIDEORECORDING;

ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TETRAZOLES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79953095903     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.11.063     Document Type: Article

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