Treatment of lone atrial fibrillation: A look at the past, a view of the present and a glance at the future

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1284-1294

  Gelsomino, Sandro ^a,b   Meir, Mark La ^a   Lucdá, Fabiana ^a,b   Lorusso, Roberto ^b   Crudeli, Elena ^b   Vasquez, Ludovico ^b   Gensini, Gian Franco ^b   Maessen, Jos ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

BILATERAL THORACOSCOPIC APPROACH; CATHETER ABLATION; COX MAZE III TECHNIQUE; GANGLION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LONE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; LONE ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIGHT SIDE THORACOSCOPIC APPROACH; RIGHT SIDE THORACOTOMY APPROACH; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPIC PULMONARY VEIN ISLAND CREATION; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 84865397052     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezr222     Document Type: Review

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