Predictors of success of the modified maze procedure using radiofrequency device

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-38

  Minakata, Kenji ^a,b   Yunoki, Tomoyuki ^a   Yoshikawa, Eiji ^a   Katsu, Masatake ^a   Oda, Tomoyuki ^a   Ujino, Keiji ^a  

^a Tominaga Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ablation techniques; Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac surgical procedures; Coronary sinus; Heart atria; Maze procedure

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED MAZE PROCEDURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY SINUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956006706     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: 02184923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0218492310394876     Document Type: Article

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