Rationale of the Cox maze procedure for atrial fibrillation during redo mitral valve operations

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1216-1222

  Kobayashi, J ^a   Kosakai, Y ^a   Isobe, F ^a   Sasako, Y ^a   Nakano, K ^a   Eishi, K ^a   Kawashima, Y ^a   Crawford, F A ^a   Melo, J Q ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A WAVE; ADULT; AGED; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESTENOSIS; SINUS RHYTHM; THORAX DRAINAGE;

EID: 0029806312     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(96)70134-4     Document Type: Article

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