Navigating the mini-maze: Systematic review of the first results and progress of minimally-invasive surgery in the treatment of atrial fibrillation

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 132-140

  Krul, Sébastien P J ^a   Driessen, Antoine H G ^a   Zwinderman, Aeilko H ^a   Van Boven, Wim J ^b   Wilde, Arthur A M ^a   De Bakker, Jacques M T ^a,c   De Groot, Joris R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Minimally invasive surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADDITIONAL LEFT ATRIAL ABLATION LINE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GANGLION PLEXUS ABLATION; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877770734     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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