The impact of mitral valve surgery combined with maze procedure

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1030-1035

  Itoh, Akinobu ^a   Kobayashi, Junjiro ^a   Bando, Ko ^a   Niwaya, Kazuo ^a   Tagusari, Osamu ^a   Nakajima, Hiroyuki ^a   Komori, Shigeru ^a   Kitamura, Soichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Maze procedure; Mitral valve

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; VERAPAMIL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAZE SURGERY; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; STROKE; SURGICAL RISK; VALVULOPLASTY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RECURRENCE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646569092     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.03.028     Document Type: Article

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