Open AccessThe impact of mitral valve surgery combined with maze procedure☆
Author(s) -
Akinobu Itoh,
Junjiro Kobayashi,
Ko Bando,
Kazuo Niwaya,
Osamu Tagusari,
Hiroyuki Nakajima,
Shigeru Komori,
Soichiro Kitamura
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.03.028
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , mitral valve
Recent studies indicated that successful maze procedure for atrial fibrillation (AF) adjunct to mitral valve surgery provided a lower incidence of stroke and recurrence of AF. The purpose of this study is to review the 13-year experience of these combined procedures and to identify the risk factors and late outcomes of successful maze procedures compared to failed maze procedures.
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