Surgery for atrial fibrillation in patients with mitral valve disease: Results at five years from the International Registry of Atrial Fibrillation Surgery Joao Melo, MD, PhD, Teresa Santiago, MSc, Carlos Aguiar, MD, Eva Berglin, MD, PhD, Michael Knaut, MD, Ottavio Alfieri, MD, PhD, Stefano Benussi, MD, PhD, Haw Sie, MD, Mathew Williams, MD, Fernando Hornero, MD, PhD, Giuseppi Marinelli, MD, Paul Ridley, MD, Enrique Fulquet-Carreras, MD, António Ferreira, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 135, Issue 4, Pages 863-869 (April 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.08.069 Copyright © 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Actuarial survival after the first year of follow-up for stable sinus rhythm (sSR) versus other rhythms. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2008 135, 863-869DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.08.069) Copyright © 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Actuarial survival after the first year of follow-up according to stable sinus rhythm (sSR) versus stable atrial fibrillation (sAF) versus “other.” The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2008 135, 863-869DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.08.069) Copyright © 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Survival free of thromboembolic events according to rhythm. sSR, Stable sinus rhythm. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2008 135, 863-869DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.08.069) Copyright © 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions