title: Is pulmonary vein antrum isolation safe and effective in valvular heart disease and open heart surgery?
authors.affiliation: John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. hcalkins@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Hugh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Calkins
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*