Risk factors analysis on failure of maze procedure: mid-term results

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 272-279

  Je, Hyung Gon ^a   Lee, Jae Won ^b   Jung, Sung Ho ^b   Choo, Suk Jung ^b   Song, Hyun ^b   Yun, Sung Cheol ^b   Chung, Cheol Hyun ^b  

^a Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Maze; Risk factor analysis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLEEDING; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CRYOABLATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RUPTURE; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE THERAPY; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 67650032615     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.02.058     Document Type: Article

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