Early recurrence is a predictor of late failure in surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 681-684

  Maroto, Luis C ^a   Carnero, Manuel ^a   Silva, Jacobo A ^a   Cobiella, Javier ^a   Pérez Castellano, Nicasio ^a   Reguillo, Fernando ^a   Pérez Villacastín, Julián ^a   Rodŕiguez, José E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation surgery; Failure; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVERSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 79956211251     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2010.261842     Document Type: Article

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