Thoracoscopic appendage exclusion with an atriclip device as a solo treatment for focal atrial tachycardia

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1575-1578

  Benussi, Stefano ^a   Mazzone, Patrizio ^b   MacCabelli, Giuseppe ^b   Vergara, Pasquale ^b   Grimaldi, Antonio ^a   Pozzoli, Alberto ^a   Spagnolo, Pietro ^c   Alfieri, Ottavio ^a   Della Bella, Paolo ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Electrophysiology Laboratories   (Italy)

^c Centre for Cardiovascular Prevention   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLECAINIDE; METOPROLOL; VERAPAMIL;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; PERICARDIOTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TACHYCARDIA; THORACOSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79954601706     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.005652     Document Type: Article

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