Combined radiofrequency modified maze and mitral valve procedure through a port access approach: Early and mid-term results

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-230

  Akpinar, Belhhan ^a   Guden, Mustafa ^a   Sagbas, Ertan ^a   Sanisoglu, Ilhan ^a   Ozbek, Ugur ^a   Caynak, Baris ^a   Bayindir, Osman ^a  

^a KADIR HAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Maze; Port access; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PACEMAKER; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADULT; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PREMEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0042122497     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(03)00258-6     Document Type: Article

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