Surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation using the Ex-Maze III procedure on the beating heart in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1228-1232

  Bartuś, Krzysztof ^a   Majewski, Jacek ^a   Kapelak, Bogusław ^a   Lelakowski, Jacek ^a   Bednarek, Jacek ^a   Bartuś, Stanisław ^a   Oleś, Krzysztof ^a   Sadowski, Jerzy ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Ex Maze III

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EX MAZE III ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; SINUS RHYTHM; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84455180456     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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