Atrial remodeling after mitral valve surgery in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 376-382

  Hornero, Fernando ^a,b   Rodriguez, Ignacio ^a   Buendía, Jose ^a   Bueno, Maria ^a   Dalmau, Maria J ^a   Canovas, Sergio ^a   Gil, Oscar ^a   Garcia, Rafael ^a   Montero, Jose A ^a  

^a University General Hospital of Valencia   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SIZE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PATIENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4644332707     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0886-0440.2004.04076.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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