Advances in Surgical Ablation Devices for Atrial Fibrillation

New Arrhythmia Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 231-241

  Melby, Spencer J ^a   Lee, Anson M ^b   Damiano, Ralph J ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cox maze; Cyroblation; Microwave ablation; Surgical ablation; Transmural lesions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889341529     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470988725.ch24     Document Type: Chapter

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