Pulmonary vein orifice isolation for elimination of chronic atrial fibrillation.
We present a 61-year-old woman with chronic atrial fibrillation (AF) associated with mitral valve disease. Chronic AF was successfully treated by simple isolation of pulmonary vein orifices concomitant with mitral valve replacemen
Sueda
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First Department of Surgery, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan. sueda@mcai.med.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Imai
K
K
Orihashi
K
K
Watari
M
M
Okada
K
K
D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000601:surgery*