Minimally invasive surgical versus catheter ablation for the long-lasting persistent atrial fibrillation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Jiangang ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Shi, Jiahai ^b   Han, Jie ^a   Xu, Chunlei ^a   Ma, Changsheng ^a   Meng, Xu ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PACEMAKER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TIME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960338995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022122     Document Type: Article

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