Ratio of preoperative atrial natriuretic peptide to brain natriuretic peptide predicts the outcome of the maze procedure in mitral valve disease

BACKGROUND: Although the maze procedure is an established surgical treatment for eliminating atrial fibrillation (AF), its efficacy in patients with mitral valve disease has remained unsatisfactory. A useful predictive marker for the outcome of the maze procedure is needed. The aim of this study was...

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Autores principales: Sato, Masafumi, Mikamo, Akihito, Kurazumi, Hiroshi, Suzuki, Ryo, Murakami, Masanori, Kobayashi, Toshiro, Yoshimura, Koich, Hamano, Kimikazu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3606469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23448148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-8-32

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