Ablation in selective patients with long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation: Medium-term results of the Dallas lesion set

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 213-220

  Wang, Jian Gang ^a   Xin, Meng ^a   Han, Jie ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Luo, Tian Ge ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Meng, Fei ^a   Meng, Xu ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Long standing persistent atrial fibrillation; Maze procedure; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR COOLRAIL LINEAR PEN; BLOOD VESSEL STAPLER; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DALLAS LESION SET; DEVICE SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; HEART VOLUME; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LONG STANDING PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; NORMAL VALUE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION DEVICE; RADIOFREQUENCY CLAMP; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REAL TIME THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 84905510631     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt593     Document Type: Article

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