Where does atrial fibrillation surgery fail? Implications for increasing effectiveness of ablation.
McCarthy
Patrick M
PM
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 201 East Huron St, Suite 11-140, Chicago, IL 60611-2908, USA. pmccart@nmh.org
Kruse
Jane
J
Shalli
Shanaz
S
Ilkhanoff
Leonard
L
Goldberger
Jeffrey J
JJ
Kadish
Alan H
AH
Arora
Rishi
R
Lee
Richard
R
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014464:Ultrasonic Therapy