Right atrial lesions do not improve the efficacy of a complete left atrial lesion set in the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation, but they do increase procedural morbidity

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 356-363

  Soni, Lori K ^a   Cedola, Sophia R ^a   Cogan, Jacob ^a   Jiang, Jeffrey ^a   Yang, Jonathan ^a   Takayama, Hiroo ^a   Argenziano, Michael ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIATRIAL WITH EXTENDED LEFT ATRIAL LESION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; IMPLANTED HEART PACEMAKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS NODE; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872348652     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.09.091     Document Type: Article

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