Implications of prolonged pause in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation with mitral valve disease undergoing atrial compartment operation

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 762-767

  Lo, Huey Ming ^a,c   Hsu, Kuan Lih ^b   Lin, Fang Yue ^b   Tseng, Yung Zu ^b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ambulatory; Atrial fibrillation; Atrioventricular nodes; Electrocardiography; Mitral valve disease; Prolonged pause

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIGOXIN; POTASSIUM; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOVERSION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGOXIN BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RR INTERVAL; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE;

EID: 1342327608     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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