Clinical analysis of concomitant valve replacement and bipolar radiofrequency ablation in 191 patients

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1013-1017

  Dong, Li ^a   Fu, Bo ^a   Teng, Xiao ^a   Yuan, Hong Sheng ^a   Zhao, Shu Lin ^a   Ren, Li ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BALLOON PUMP; BLEEDING; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REOPERATION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE REPAIR; TRICUSPID VALVE REPLACEMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875214616     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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