Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation trends and outcomes in North America

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1051-1060

  Ad, Niv ^a   Suri, Rakesh M ^b   Gammie, James S ^c   Sheng, Shubin ^d   O'Brien, Sean M ^d   Henry, Linda ^a  

^a INOVA HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREVALENCE; PROPENSITY SCORE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREVALENCE; PROPENSITY SCORE; REOPERATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85027957767     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.07.065     Document Type: Article

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