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 ,Revised 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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