The concomitant cryosurgical Cox-Maze procedure using Argon Based Cryoprobes: 12 Month results

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 593-599

  Ad, N ^a   Henry, L ^a   Hunt, S ^a  

^a INOVA HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac surgical procedures; Cryosurgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ARGON;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARGON BASED CRYOABLATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COURSE EVALUATION; COX MAZE III PROCEDURE; CRYOABLATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SHORT FORM 12; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARGON; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRGINIA;

EID: 80054720886     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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