Preoperative left atrial emptying fraction is a powerful predictor of successful maze procedure

Circulation Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 269-273

  Aikawa, Masaru ^a   Watanabe, Hiroyuki ^a   Shimokawa, Tomoki ^a   Inoue, Kanki ^a   Takamisawas, Itaru ^a   Seki, Atsushi ^a   Tobaru, Tetsuya ^a   Iguchi, Nobuo ^a   Misu, Kazuhiko ^a   Nagayama, Masatoshi ^a   Asano, Ryuta ^a   Umemura, Jun ^a   Takanashi, Shuichiro ^a   Sumiyoshi, Tetsuya ^a  

^a SAKAKIBARA HEART INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrial emptying fraction; Maze

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL EMPTYING FRACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAZE PROCEDURE; MEASUREMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD CIRCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 59449087296     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-08-0281     Document Type: Article

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