Operative risks of the maze procedure associated with mitral valve surgery

Vascular

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 112-116

  Melo, J Q ^a   Neves, J P ^a   Abecasis, L M ^a   Adragao P ^a   Ribeiras, R ^a   Seabra Gomes, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA CRUZ   (Portugal)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; Cox procedure; Maze procedure; mitral valve surgery; thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOPROSTHESIS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0030991530     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721099700500119     Document Type: Article

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