The challenge of defining procedural endpoints for the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-120

  Ad, Niv ^a  

^a INOVA HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Maze procedure; Surgical ablation

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CRYOTHERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SAFETY; STERNOTOMY; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84860340924     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezr017     Document Type: Note

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