Initial experience of sequential surgical epicardial-catheter endocardial ablation for persistent and long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation with long-term follow-up

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1890-1898

  Mahapatra, Srijoy ^a   Lapar, Damien J ^a   Kamath, Sandeep ^a   Payne, Jason ^a   Bilchick, Kenneth C ^a   Mangrum, James M ^a   Ailawadi, Gorav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; REOPERATION;

EID: 79957727183     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.02.045     Document Type: Article

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