Left atrial contractile function following a successful modified Maze procedure at surgery and the risk for subsequent thromboembolic stroke

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 58, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1614-1621

  Buber, Jonathan ^a   Luria, David ^a   Sternik, Leonid ^a   Raanani, Ehud ^a   Feinberg, Micha S ^a   Goldenberg, Ilan ^b   Nof, Eyal ^a   Gurevitz, Osnat ^a   Eldar, Michael ^a   Glikson, Michael ^a   Kuperstein, Rafael ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

left atrial function; Maze; stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAZE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053329052     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.05.051     Document Type: Article

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