The surgical treatment of concomitant atrial arrhythmias during redo cardiac operations

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1894-1900

  Stulak, John M ^a   Dearani, Joseph A ^a   Burkhart, Harold M ^a   Park, Soon J ^a   Suri, Rakesh M ^a   Schaff, Hartzell V ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT; BIOPROSTHESIS; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CRYOTHERAPY; DEATH; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BLOCK; HEART DISEASE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACEMAKER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; PULMONARY VALVULOPLASTY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; STERNOTOMY; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870051475     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.07.040     Document Type: Article

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