1. Serial change in the atrial transport function after the radial incision approach 
Yosuke Ishii, MD, Takashi Nitta, MD, Masahiro Fujii, MD, Hidetsugu Ogasawara, MD, Hideyuki Iwaki, MD, Naoko Ohkubo, MD, Shigeo Tanaka, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 71, Issue 2, Pages (February 2001)
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2. Fig 1
Serial change in the left atrial transport function after the Radial procedure, compared with that in the long-term after the Maze. The atrial filling fraction (AFF) (A) and peak A/E ratio (B) measured at 1 month after the Radial are larger than those at 41 months after the Maze. The AFF and peak A/E ratio 3, 6, and 12 months after the Radial increased to a significantly greater level than those at 41 months after the Maze. In the reference patients the AFF was 27.5% ± 3.0% and the peak A/E ratio was 0.83 ± Solid lines indicate the mean AFF (A) and peak A/E ratio (B) in the reference patients. Broken lines indicate 1 standard deviation of the AFF (A) and peak A/E ratio (B) in the reference patients.
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3. Fig 2
Doppler flow-velocity spectra across the mitral valve recorded in a patient at 1, 6, and 12 months (M) after the Radial. The patient, a 66-year-old man, received the Radial and mitral valve replacement for chronic atrial fibrillation and mitral valve regurgitation. The atrial filling wave, which was small at 1 month after the Radial, became large at 6 and 12 months postoperatively. (E = early filling wave; A = atrial filling wave.)
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