Surgery for atrial fibrillation

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 563-571

  Lawrance, Christopher P ^a   Henn, Matthew C ^a   Damiano, Ralph J ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cox Maze; Minimally invasive; Surgical ablation

Indexed keywords

AORTA CLAMPING; CATHETER ABLATION; COX MAZE PROCEDURE; CRYOABLATION; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECURRENCE;

EID: 84927517000     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: 15582264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2014.07.003     Document Type: Review

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