Atrial pacemaker complex preserved radiofrequency maze procedure reducing the incidence of sick sinus syndrome in patients with atrial fibrillation

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Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2571-2575

  Chen, Mien Cheng ^a   Chang, Jen Ping ^a   Chen, Chien Jen ^a   Yang, Cheng Hsu ^a   Hung, Wei Chin ^a   Fu, Morgan ^a   Yeh, Kuo Ho ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Heart surgery; Maze procedure; Mitral valve disease

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAZE PROCEDURE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SINUS RHYTHM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27144465961     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.4.2571     Document Type: Article

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