Epicardial and endocardial electrophysiological guided thoracoscopic surgery for atrial fibrillation: A multidisciplinary approach of atrial fibrillation ablation in challenging patients

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 229-235

  Krul, Sébastien P J ^a   Pison, Laurent ^b   La Meir, Mark ^b   Driessen, Antoine H G ^a   Wilde, Arthur A M ^a   Maessen, Jos G ^b   De Mol, Bas A J M ^a   Crijns, Harry J G M ^b   De Groot, Joris R ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electrophysiological mapping; Thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLAMP; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL GUIDED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPICARDIAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL GUIDED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER BIAS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL MARKING PEN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART BLOCK; HEART FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84898873560     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.02.043     Document Type: Article

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