Usefulness of percutaneous balloon mitral commissurotomy in preventing the development of atrial fibrillation in patients with mitral stenosis

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 936-939

  Krasuski, Richard A ^a   Assar, Manish D ^b   Wang, Andrew ^b   Kisslo, Katherine B ^b   Pierce, Cynthia ^b   Harrison, J Kevin ^b   Bashore, Thomas M ^b  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE COMMISSUROTOMY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BALLOON DILATATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1842424500     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.12.041     Document Type: Article

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