Concomitant anti-arrhythmic procedures to treat permanent atrial fibrillation in CABG and AVR patients are as effective as in mitral valve patients

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 841-846

  Khargi, Krishna ^a   Lemke, Bernd ^b   Deneke, Thomas ^c  

^a LEYENBURG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b District Hospital Ludenscheid   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electrophysiology; Maze; Radiofrequency; Valve surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDIUM; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17844403481     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.12.041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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