Long-Term Effects of the Maze Procedure on Atrial Size and Mechanical Function

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 916-920

  Lönnerholm, Stefan ^a   Blomström, Per ^a   Nilsson, Leif ^a   Blomström Lundqvist, Carina ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A WAVE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTILITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAZE III PROCEDURE; MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39149108106     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.090     Document Type: Article

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