Atrial incision affects the incidence of atrial tachycardia after mitral valve surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 509-513

  Lukac, Peter ^a   Hjortdal, Vibeke E ^a   Pedersen, Anders K ^a   Mortensen, Peter T ^a   Jensen, Henrik K ^a   Hansen, Peter S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL APPROACH;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL;

EID: 31044444228     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.07.083     Document Type: Article

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