Long-term follow-up after the mini-maze procedure

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1277-1281

  Szalay, Zoltan A ^a   Civelek, Ali ^a   Dill, Thorsten ^a   Klövekorn, Wolf Peter ^a   Kilb, Iram ^a   Bauer, Erwin P ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842427811     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.09.057     Document Type: Article

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