Superior Transseptal Approach to Mitral Valve Is Associated With a Higher Need for Pacemaker Implantation Than the Left Atrial Approach

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-82

  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; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; COMORBIDITY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINOATRIAL NODE;

EID: 33845498129     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.08.034     Document Type: Article

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