The Cox maze III procedure for atrial fibrillation: Long-term efficacy in patients undergoing lone versus concomitant procedures

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1822-1827

  Prasad, Sunil M ^a   Maniar, Hersh S ^a   Camillo, Cindy J ^a   Schuessler, Richard B ^a   Boineau, John P ^a   Sundt III, Thoralf M ^a   Cox, James L ^a   Damiano Jr , Ralph J ^a   Schaff, Hartzell V ^b   Miller, D Craig ^b  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Barnes Jewish Hospital ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; STROKE; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 9144275081     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)01287-X     Document Type: Article

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