Restoration of atrial contractility after surgical cryoablation: Clinical, electrical and mechanical results

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 609-612

  Reyes, Guillermo ^a   Benedicto, Amparo ^a   Bustamante, Juan ^a   Sarraj, Anas ^a   Nuche, José Manuel ^a   Álvarez, Pablo ^a   Duarte, Juan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial mechanical function; Cox Maze III; Cryoablation; Mitral valve disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTILITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIOLOGY; SINUS RHYTHM; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CRYOSURGERY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349471232     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.208173     Document Type: Article

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