Approaching a paradigm shift: Endoscopic ablation of lone atrial fibrillation on the beating heart

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1886-1892

  Weimar, Timo ^a   Vosseler, Martina ^a   Czesla, Markus ^a   Boscheinen, Margaretha ^a   Hemmer, Wolfgang B ^a   Doll, Kai Nicolas ^a  

^a SANA KLINIKUM OFFENBACH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866735924     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.07.035     Document Type: Article

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