Risks and benefits of combined maze procedure for atrial fibrillation associated with organic heart disease

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 985-990

  Kawaguchi, Akira T ^a   Kosakai, Yoshio ^a   Sasako, Yoshikado ^a   Eishi, Kiyoyuki ^a   Nakano, Kiyoharu ^a   Kawashima, Yasunaru ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; PROCAINAMIDE; QUINIDINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030273073     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00275-6     Document Type: Article

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