The influence of age on atrial fibrillation recurrence after the maze procedure in patients with giant left atrium

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1015-1019

  Lee, Seung Hyun ^a   Kim, Joon Bum ^a   Cho, Won Chul ^a   Chung, Cheol Hyun ^a   Jung, Sung Ho ^a   Choo, Suk Jung ^a   Lee, Jae Won ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RHYTHM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAZE PROCEDURE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 79952993237     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.08.036     Document Type: Article

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