Does minimal-access aortic valve replacement reduce the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation?

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 428-438

  Murtuza, Bari ^a,b,c   Pepper, John R ^c   Stanbridge, Rex Del ^a   Darzi, Ara ^b   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic valve stenosis surgery; Aortic valve surgery; Atrial fibrillation etiology prevention control; Postoperative complications; Surgical procedures, minimally invasive

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DATA EXTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; META ANALYSIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58849130138     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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