Title Manual of surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation / edited by Hauw T. Sie [and others]

Published Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Futura, 2008

Online access available from: Wiley Online Books    View Resource Record

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) Series Wiley SCELC e-books Contents The morphology and development of the atrial chambers, with particular regard to atrial fibrillation -- Pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation -- Genetics of atrial fibrillation -- Pharmacological management of atrial fibrillation -- Electrophysiological basis of atrial fibrillation -- Pulmonary and thoracic vein sources: the focal theory of atrial fibrillation -- Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation: a retrospection -- The maze procedure: past, present, and future -- The radial procedure for atrial fibrillation: theoretical basis and clinical application -- The mini-maze operation -- Alternative energy sources for the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation -- Radiofrequency modified maze surgery for chronic atrial fibrillation and concomitant cardiac surgery: Zwolle experience -- Bipolar radiofrequency ablation of atrial fibrillation -- Surgical ablation therapy using microwave energy: endo- and epicardial approach -- Epicardial ablation in the treatment of atrial fibrillation -- Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation: the Japanese experience -- Minimally invasive surgical approach to treat atrial fibrillation -- Percutaneous treatment of atrial fibrillation -- Surgical ablation of arrhythmias associated with congenital cardiopathies -- Perioperative complications during surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation: tips and pitfalls Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Atrial fibrillation -- Treatment. Heart -- Surgery -- Complications -- Prevention. Heart -- Surgery. Atrial Fibrillation -- physiopathology. Atrial Fibrillation -- surgery. Cardiac Surgical Procedures -- methods. Intraoperative Complications -- prevention & control. Form Electronic book Author Sie, Hauw T. Wiley InterScience (Online service) ISBN 0470695641 (electronic bk.) 0470696354 9780470695647 (electronic bk.) 9780470696354 (alk. paper) (alk. paper)

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