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
First Department of Surgery, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan. sueda@mcai.med.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
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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*