The significance of atrial fibrillation ablation in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 193-197

  Ad, Niv ^a,b   Cox, James L ^a,b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b World Heart Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CRYOSURGERY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036657169     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/stcs.2002.35290     Document Type: Article

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