Left atrial isolation associated with mitral valve operations

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 1093-1098

  Graffigna, Angelo ^a   Pagani, Francesco ^a   Minzioni, Gaetano ^a   Salerno, Jorge ^a   Viganò, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0026620498     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(92)90075-F     Document Type: Article

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