The impact of surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation in high-risk patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1897-1904

  Ad, Niv ^a   Henry, Linda L ^a   Holmes, Sari D ^a   Hunt, Sharon L ^a  

^a INOVA HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CRYOSURGERY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPENSITY SCORE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84861613281     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.02.094     Document Type: Article

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