Factors affecting rhythm after the maze procedure for atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 9 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Kawaguchi, Akira T ^a   Kosakai, Yoshio ^a   Isobe, Fumitaka ^a   Sasako, Yoshikado ^a   Eishi, Kiyoyuki ^a   Nakano, Kiyoharu ^a   Takahashi, Nobuo ^b   Kawashima, Yasunaru ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b MATSUE NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

atrium; fibrillation; maze procedure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RHYTHM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0012640350     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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