%0 Journal Article
%T Tratamiento quir¨²rgico de la fibrilaci¨®n auricular cr¨®nica asociada a valvulopat¨ªa mitral
%A Ram¨ªrez M
%A Samuel
%A Sandoval R
%A N¨¦stor
%A Cervantes S
%A Jorge L
%J Archivos de cardiolog¨ªa de M¨¦xico
%D 2006
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X the modified cox maze procedure is the gold standard for ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery, and new approaches to atrial fibrillation ablation must be compared with it. therefore, we sought to determine the time-related prevalence of atrial fibrillation and its risk factors after combined cox maze and mitral valve surgery. in some patients undergoing mitral valve surgery and a cox maze procedure, atrial fibrillation recurs over time, mandating close, long-term follow-up of heart rhythm. earlier operation should be considered to improve results in selected patients.
%K mitral valve
%K atrial fibrillation.
%U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1405-99402006000600029&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en