Randomized study of surgical isolation of the pulmonary veins for correction of permanent atrial fibrillation associated with mitral valve disease

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 454-459

  Albrecht, Álvaro ^a   Kalil, Renato A K ^a,b   Schuch, Luciana ^a   Abrahão, Rogério ^a   Sant'Anna, Joao Ricardo M ^a   de Lima, Gustavo ^a,b   Nesralla, Ivo A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CARDIOLOGIA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COX MAZE PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651089897     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.04.023     Document Type: Article

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