Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Rheumatic Valve Disease

Abstract Objective: To assess heart rhythm and predictive factors associated with sinus rhythm after one year in patients with rheumatic valve disease undergoing concomitant surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation. Operative mortality, survival and occurrence of stroke after one year were also ev...

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Main Authors: Ernesto Koehler Chavez, Alexandre Siciliano Colafranceschi, Andrey José de Oliveira Monteiro, Leonardo Secchin Canale, Evandro Tinoco Mesquita, Clara Weksler, Odilon Nogueira Barbosa, Anderson Oliveira
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=S0102-76382017000300202&lng=en&tlng=en