Simultaneous catheter and epicardial ablations enable a comprehensive atrial fibrillation procedure

Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 243-247

  Kiser, Andy C ^a   Landers, Mark D ^b   Boyce, Ker ^b   Šinkovec, Matjaž ^c   Pernat, Andrej ^c   Geršak, Borut ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b FirstHealth Arrhythmia Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Ablative therapy; Arrhythmia surgery; Atrial fibrillation; Hybrid procedures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY SINUS; ENDOSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LUNG VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERICARDIOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 80052491378     PISSN: 15569845     EISSN: 15590879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IMI.0b013e31822ca15c     Document Type: Article

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