Long-term monitoring after surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation: How much is enough?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 162-165

  Edgerton, James R ^a,b,d   Mahoney, Cecile ^b   MacK, Michael J ^a,b   Roper, Karen ^b   Herbert, Morley A ^c  

^a THE HEART HOSPITAL BAYLOR PLANO   (United States)

^b Cardiopulmonary Research Science and Technology Institute   (United States)

^c MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Cardiovascular Specialty Association of North Texas PA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACEMAKER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; IMPLANTED HEART PACEMAKER; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959360673     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.01.050     Document Type: Article

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