Long-term results and reliability of cryothermic ablation based maze procedure for atrial fibrillation concomitant with mitral valve surgery

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-271

  Funatsu, Toshihiro ^a   Kobayashi, Junjiro ^a   Nakajima, Hiroyuki ^a   Iba, Yutaka ^a   Shimahara, Yusuke ^a   Yagihara, Toshikatsu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cryoablation; Mitral valve

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVERSION; CRYOABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MITRAL VALVE COMMISSUROTOMY; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELIABILITY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650064743     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.03.032     Document Type: Article

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