Atraumatic lung hernia: A rare complication of minimally invasive surgical atrial fibrillation ablation

Journal of Atrial Fibrillation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 39-41

  Kumar, Narendra ^a   Pison, Laurent ^a   La Meir, Mark ^a   Maessen, Jos ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atraumatic lung hernia; Atrial fibrillation; Complication; LAA clip; Minimally invasive; Thoracoscopic surgical ablation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ABLATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATRAUMATIC LUNG HERNIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSPNEA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HERNIA; HUMAN; LUNG INJURY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 84892858235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19416911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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