The outcome of the cox maze procedure in patients with previous percutaneous catheter ablation to treat atrial fibrillation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1371-1377

  Ad, Niv ^a   Henry, Linda ^a   Hunt, Sharon ^a   Holmes, Sari D ^a  

^a INOVA HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COX MAZE PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHYTHM; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDITY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955384184     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.01.026     Document Type: Article

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