Minimally invasive hybrid ablation procedure for the treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation: One year results

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 819-828

  Zembala, Michał ^a   Filipiak, Krzysztof ^a   Kowalski, Oskar ^a   Boidol, Joanna ^a   Sokal, Adam ^a   Lenarczyk, Radosław ^a   Niklewski, Tomasz ^a   Garbacz, Marcin ^a   Nadziakiewicz, Paweł ^a   Kalarus, Zbigniew ^a   Zembala, Marian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Hybrid surgery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LONGSTANDING PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84865818210     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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