Change of the Left Atrial Dimension and Transport Function after the Cox-Maze Procedure for Treating Atrial Fibrillation Associated with Mitral Valve Disease: the Short-term and Mid-Term Results
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Kim, Hwan-Wook
(Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Asan Medical Center)
Lee, Jae-Won (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Asan Medical Center) Cho, Won-Chul (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Asan Medical Center) Jung, Sung-Ho (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Asan Medical Center) Choo, Suk-Jung (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Asan Medical Center) Song, Hyun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Asan Medical Center) Chung, Cheol-Hyun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Asan Medical Center) |
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