Surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1545-1552

  Fragakis, Nikolaos ^a   Pantos, Ioannis ^b   Younis, Jenan ^c   Hadjipavlou, Marios ^d   Katritsis, Demosthenes G ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Athens Euroclinic ^*  (Greece)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d DARENT VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Surgical ablation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; AORTA CLAMPING; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORONARY SINUS; CORRIDOR PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM ISOLATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCISION; MAZE I PROCEDURE; MAZE II PROCEDURE; MAZE IV PROCEDURE; MINI MAZE PROCEDURE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; POST TREATMENT SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIAL APPROACH; REVIEW; SINUS NODE; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL APPROACH; THERAPY DELAY; THORACOTOMY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865639491     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus081     Document Type: Review

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