Mitral valve repair for severe mitral regurgitation secondary to lone atrial fibrillation

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 634-637

  Vohra, Hunaid A ^a   Whistance, Robert N ^a   Magan, Ahmed ^a   Sadeque, Sayed A ^a   Livesey, Steve A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Mitral regurgitation; Mitral valve annuloplasty

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE REPAIR; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE ANNULOPLASTY; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873193483     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs029     Document Type: Article

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