The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 4 , Pages 860-867, April 2010

Where does atrial fibrillation surgery fail? Implications for increasing effectiveness of ablation

Read at the Eighty-ninth Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Boston, Mass, May 9–13, 2009.

  • Patrick M. McCarthy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Ill
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Patrick M. McCarthy, MD, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 201 East Huron St, Suite 11-140, Chicago, IL 60611-2908.
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  • Jane Kruse, RN

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Ill
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  • Shanaz Shalli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Ill
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  • Leonard Ilkhanoff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Ill
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  • Jeffrey J. Goldberger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Ill
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  • Alan H. Kadish, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Ill
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  • Rishi Arora, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Ill
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  • Richard Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Ill

Received 22 May 2009; received in revised form 25 November 2009; accepted 28 December 2009.

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 Disclosures: Jane Kruse is on the Advisory Board for LifeWatch. Dr Alan H. Kadish is on the Advisory Board for LifeWatch and Impulse Dynamic. Dr Rishi Arora received speaker/lecture fees in 2008 from Sanofi Aventis. Dr Richard Lee is on the Advisory Board for Medtronic and Sanofi Aventis.

PII: S0022-5223(10)00025-5

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.12.038

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 4 , Pages 860-867, April 2010

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