Treatment of Chronic Atrial Fibrillation During Surgery for Rheumatic Mitral Valve Disease

Abstract Introduction: The result of surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation remains controversial, although prospective and randomized studies have shown significant differences in the return to sinus rhythm in patients treated with ablation versus control group. Surgery of the Labyrinth, propose...

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Main Authors: Flavio Donizete Gonçalves, Valdir Gonçalves Leite Junior, Vanusa Gonçalves Leite, Marcelo Alves Maia, Otoni Moreira Gomes, Melchior Luiz Lima, Evandro César Vidal Osterne, Elias Kallás
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382016000400318&lng=en&tlng=en