Conversion to sinus rhythm does not improve long-term survival after valve surgery: Insights from a 20-year follow-up study

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 206-210

  Chaput, Miguel ^a   Bouchard, Denis ^a   Demers, Philippe ^a   Perrault, Louis P ^a   Cartier, Raymond ^a   Carrier, Michel ^a   Pagé, Pierre ^a   Pellerin, Michel ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Embolic events; Mortality; Valvular heart disease; Valvular surgery

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AORTIC VALVE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 22544452135     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.03.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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