Seven-year experience with ablation of permanent atrial fibrillation concomitant to mitral valve surgery in 152 patients

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 160-165

  Geidel, Stephan ^a   Lass, Michael ^a   Ostermeyer, Jörg ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RHYTHM; HEART SIZE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINUS RHYTHM; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CATHETER ABLATION; COMORBIDITY; GERMANY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46049087116     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/HSF98.20081027     Document Type: Article

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