The efficacy of intraoperative atrial radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation during concomitant cardiac surgery-the Surgical Atrial Fibrillation Suppression (SAFS) Study

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-35

  Veasey, Rick A ^a   Segal, Oliver R ^a,b   Large, Janet K ^a   Lewis, Michael E ^c   Trivedi, Uday H ^c   Cohen, Andrew S ^c   Hyde, Jonathan A J ^c   Sulke, A Neil ^a  

^a EAST SUSSEX HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac surgery; Prolonged Holter monitoring; Surgical RF ablation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RHYTHM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053465206     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-011-9576-y     Document Type: Article

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