Surgical stratification of patients with atrial fibrillation secondary to organic cardiac lesions

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 983-990

  Kawaguchi, A T ^a   Kosakai, Y ^a   Isobe, F ^a   Sasako, Y ^a   Eishi, K ^a   Nakano, K ^a   Kobayashi, J ^a   Kawashima, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Indication; Left atrial enlargement; Left atrial plication; Maze procedure; Multi variate analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; METHODS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030330978     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(96)80401-5     Document Type: Article

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