Mid-term results of the cox maze iii procedure combined with open mitral commissurotomy for the treatment of rheumatic mitral stenosis

Circulation Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1332-1338

  Kim, Hyungtae ^b   Park, Pyo Won ^a   Sung, Kiick ^a   Lee, Young Tak ^a   Jun, Tae Gook ^a   Kim, Wook Sung ^a   Yang, Ji Hyuk ^a   Hwang, Joomin ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Mitral valve; Rheumatic heart disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COX MAZE III PROCEDURE; CRYOABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE COMMISSUROTOMY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; RECURRENCE RISK; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT FAILURE; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; EVALUATION STUDY; HEART ATRIUM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954485883     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-09-1044     Document Type: Article

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