Anatomic atrial remodeling after mitral valve surgery in permanent atrial fibrillation;Remodelado anatómico auricular tras la cirugía de la valvulopatía mitral con fibrilación auricular permanente

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 674-681

  Hornero Sos, Fernando ^a   Montero Argudo, José A ^a   Canovas López, Sergio ^a   Gil Alabarova, Óscar ^a   García Fuster, Rafael ^a   Pérez Bosca, José Leandro ^a   Atienza Fernández, Felipe ^a   Payá Serrano, Rafael ^a   Dalmau Sorli, María José ^a   Bueno Codoñer, María ^a   Buendía Miñano, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrium; Remodeling; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE COMMISSUROTOMY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042622320     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13049649     Document Type: Article

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