Preoperative left atrial volume index is a predictor of successful sinus rhythm restoration and maintenance after the maze operation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 448-453

  Kim, Yong Hoon ^a   Lee, Sang Chol ^b   Her, Ae Young ^a   Kim, Hak Jin ^b   Choi, Jin Oh ^b   Shin, Dae Hee ^b   Cho, Sung Won ^b   Lee, Wang Soo ^b   Park, Seung Woo ^b   Park, Pyo Won ^b  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COX MAZE III PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SOUTH KOREA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRYOSURGERY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447649530     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.02.031     Document Type: Article

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