The cox-maze procedure for lone atrial fibrillation a single-center experience over 2 decades

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-14

  Weimar, Timo ^a   Schena, Stefano ^a   Bailey, Marci S ^a   Maniar, Hersh S ^a   Schuessler, Richard B ^a   Cox, James L ^a   Damiano, Ralph J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrhythmia heartrhythmdisorders atrial fibrillation; Surgery; Tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COX MAZE PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858324999     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.963819     Document Type: Article

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