The effect of cryo-maze procedure on early and intermediate term outcome in mitral valve disease: Case matched study

Circulation

Volumn 106, Issue 13 SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Nakajima, Hiroyuki ^a   Kobayashi, Junjiro ^a   Bando, Ko ^a   Niwaya, Kazuo ^a   Tagusari, Osamu ^a   Sasako, Yoshikado ^a   Nakatani, Takeshi ^a   Kitamura, Soichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cryoablation; Maze procedure; Mitral valve disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENCE RISK; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CRYOSURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037167671     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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