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Title

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

Publication

Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Futura, 2008.

Supplementary Content

• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Additional Authors

Sie, Hauw T.

Description

xii, 256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 27 cm

Subject

• Atrial fibrillation > Treatment
• Heart > Surgery
• Heart > Prevention
• Atrial Fibrillation > physiopathology
• Atrial Fibrillation > surgery
• Cardiac Surgical Procedures > methods
• Intraoperative Complications > prevention & control

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pt. I. Anatomy, pathophysiology, and electrophysiologic basis of atrial fibriIlation -- 1. The morphology and development of the atrial chambers, with particular regard to atrial fibrillation / Robert H. Anderson, Antoon F. Moorman, Andrew Taylor and Siew Yen Ho -- 2. Pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation / Robert A. Byrne and Kieran Daly -- 3. Genetics of atrial fibrillation / Ramon Brugada -- 4. Pharmacological management of atrial fibrillation / Yvonne Smyth and Kieran Daly -- 5. Electrophysiological basis of atrial fibrillation / Sander Verheule, Thomas van Brakel, Erik Harks, Maura Greiser and Maurits Allessi -- 6. Pulmonary and thoracic vein sources: the focal theory of atrial fibrillation / Prashanthan Sanders, Meleze Hocini, Pierre Jais, Yoshihide Takahashi, Thomas Rostock, Frederic Sacher, Anders Jonsson, Martin Rotter, Li-Fern Hsu and Michel Haissaguerre -- Pt. II. Surgical approach to atrial fibrillation -- 7. Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation: a retrospection / Gerard M. Guiraudon -- 8. The maze procedure: past, present, and future / Niv Ad -- Pt. III. Modifications of the Cox-maze, use of alternative surgical patterns, and energy sources -- 9. The radial procedure for atrial fibrillation: theoretical basis and clinical application / Takashi Nitta -- 10. The mini-maze operation / Z. A. Szalay -- 11. Alternative energy sources for the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation / Mark J. Russo and Mathew R. Williams -- 12. Radiofrequency modified maze surgery for chronic atrial fibrillation and concomitant cardiac surgery: Zwolle experience / Hauw T. Sie, Willem P. Beukema, Arif Elvan, Hacer Sen, Anand Ramdat Misier, Giuseppe D'Ancona and Fabio Bartolozzi -- 13. Bipolar radiofrequency ablation of atrial fibrillation / A. Marc Gillinov -- 14. Surgical ablation therapy using microwave energy: endo- and epicardial approach / Michael Knaut and Stefan Brose -- 15. Epicardial ablation in the treatment of atrial fibrillation / Stefano Benussi and Ottavio Alfieri -- 16. Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation: the Japanese experience / Yoshio Kosakai -- 17. Minimally invasive surgical approach to treat atrial fibrillation / Mustafa Gulden, Belhhan Akpinar and Osman Baytndir -- Pt. IV. The invasive cardiologist approach -- 18. Percutaneous treatment of atrial fibrillation / Carlo Pappone and Vincenzo Santinelli -- 19. Surgical ablation of arrhythmias associated with congenital cardiopathies / Nestor Sandoval, Fernando Rosas and Victor Manuel Velasco -- Pt. V. Perioperative Complications, Reporting Results, and Statistical Analysis -- 20. Perioperative complications during surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation: tips and pitfalls / Nicolas Doll, Alexander M. Fabricius, Virginia Dietel, Piotr Suwalski, Thomas Walther, Jan F. Gummert and Friedrich W. Mohr.

ISBN

• 9781405140324 (alk. paper)
• 1405140321 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2007038432

OCLC

• ocn173201743
• 173201743
• SCSB-5392399

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries