Impact of follow-up on the success rate of the cryosurgical maze procedure in patients with rheumatic heart disease and enlarged atria

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1073-1079

  Ad, Niv ^a   Barnett, Scott ^a   Lefrak, Edward A ^a   Korach, Amit ^b   Pollak, Arthur ^b   Gilon, Dan ^b   Elami, Amir ^b  

^a INOVA HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE EVALUATION; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOMEGALY; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646197970     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.12.047     Document Type: Article

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