Left atrial ablation versus biatrial ablation in the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1397-1405

  Kim, Joon Bum ^a   Bang, Ji Hyun ^a   Jung, Sung Ho ^a   Choo, Suk Jung ^a   Chung, Cheol Hyun ^a   Lee, Jae Won ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; DEATH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BIATRIUM ABLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM ABLATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053297145     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.05.066     Document Type: Article

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