The impact of surgical ablation in patients with low ejection fraction, heart failure, and atrial fibrillation

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-76

  Ad, Niv ^a   Henry, Linda ^a   Hunt, Sharon ^a  

^a INOVA HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Heart failure; Quality of life; Surgical ablation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957990897     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.11.016     Document Type: Article

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