Durable staged hybrid ablation with thoracoscopic and percutaneous approach for treatment of long-standing atrial fibrillation: A 30-month assessment with continuous monitoring

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1460-1465

  Muneretto, Claudio ^a   Bisleri, Gianluigi ^a   Bontempi, Luca ^a   Curnis, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; PREDNISONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE; THORACOSCOPY;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TELEMETRY; THORACOSCOPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869088575     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.08.069     Document Type: Article

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