Surgery for atrial fibrillation in patients with mitral valve disease: Results at five years from the International Registry of Atrial Fibrillation Surgery

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 863-869

  Melo, Joao ^a   Santiago, Teresa ^a   Aguiar, Carlos ^a   Berglin, Eva ^b   Knaut, Michael ^c   Alfieri, Ottavio ^d   Benussi, Stefano ^d   Sie, Haw ^e   Williams, Mathew ^f   Hornero, Fernando ^g   Marinelli, Giuseppi ^h   Ridley, Paul ⁱ   Fulquet Carreras, Enrique ^j   Ferreira, António ^a  

^a Hospital Sta Cruz ^*  (Portugal)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^g HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^j HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41049113601     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.08.069     Document Type: Article

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