Impact of left atrial volume reduction concomitant with atrial fibrillation surgery on left atrial geometry and mechanical function

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1297-1305

  Marui, Akira ^a   Saji, Yoshiaki ^a   Nishina, Takeshi ^a   Tadamura, Eiji ^a   Kanao, Shotaro ^a   Shimamoto, Takeshi ^a   Sasahashi, Nozomu ^a   Ikeda, Tadashi ^a   Komeda, Masashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOMETRY; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE COMPLIANCE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAZE PROCEDURE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44749090637     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.02.026     Document Type: Article

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