Surgical treatment of chronic atrial fibrillation through 'Cox/Maze- III-procedure' concomitant with mitral valve surgery and atrial septal closure;'Cox/Maze-III-Operation' als chirurgische Therapie des chronischen Vorhofflimmerns wahrend Mitralklappen- und ASD-II-Operation

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 202-208

  Musci, M ^a   Pasic, M ^a   Siniawski, H ^a   Lehmkuhl, H ^a   Edelmann, B ^a   Hetzer, R ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic atrial fibrillation; Maze III procedure; Mitral valve surgery; Surgical therapy; Thrombembolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBECTOMY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032020725     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003920050172     Document Type: Article

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