Radiofrequency Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation in Rheumatic Valvular Disease

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-49

  Mataraci, Ilker ^a   Polat, Adil ^b   Mert, Bülent ^c   Aydin, Cemalettin ^a   Kirali, Kaan ^a  

^a KOSUYOLU HEART AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b JFK Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Methodist Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ablative therapy; Arrhythmia surgery; Rheumatic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; DEATH; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 74149092001     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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