Early and late arrhythmias in patients in preoperative sinus rhythm submitted to mitral valve surgery through the superior septal approach

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1181-1184

  Gaudino, Mario ^a,b   Nasso, Giuseppe ^a   Minati, Alessandro ^a   Salica, Andrea ^a   Luciani, Nicola ^a   Morelli, Mauro ^a   Possati, Gianfederico ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RHYTHM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0037386262     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04665-9     Document Type: Article

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