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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1680
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Pulmonary vein isolation and left atrial reduction for chronic atrial fibrillation secondary to mitral valve disease

N.Madhu Sankar, MS, PhDa, Keshavamurthy Suresh, MS, MCha, Ravi Agarwal, MS, MCha, Kotturathu M. Cherian, MS, FRACSa

a Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Madras Medical Mission, 4A Dr J.J. Nagar, Mogappair, Chennai 600 050, India; icvd@eth.net

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To the Editor:

We read with interest the article by Kalil and colleagues [1] on pulmonary vein isolation for treating secondary atrial fibrillation in mitral valve disease. The authors have presented a simple solution to the complex problem posed by atrial fibrillation in mitral valve disease. Pulmonary vein isolation alone in their series has achieved a 92.3% conversion to sinus rhythm at 6 months, which is commendable. The authors have suggested based on their . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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