Atrial activation during chronic atrial fibrillation in patients with isolated mitral valve disease

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 104-112

  Harada, Atsushi ^a,b   Sasaki, Kenji ^a   Fukushima, Takao ^a   Ikeshita, Masatoshi ^a   Asano, Tetsuo ^a   Yamauchi, Shigeo ^a   Tanaka, Shigeo ^a   Shoji, Tasuku ^a  

^a Ebina General Hospital   (Japan)

^b Ebina General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 0030020740     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)00824-1     Document Type: Article

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