… Valley Atrial Fibrillation Project adds to our general knowledge of patients with valve disease
… into those without any valve disease (85%) and those with valve disease, but with neither …

… of AF in rheumatic valvular heart disease. Moreover, there is … of AF in patients with valvular
heart disease diagnosed by M-… atrial size before and after operation in mitral valve disease. …

… absence of rheumatic mitral valve disease, a prosthetic heart valve, or mitral valve repair’. …
with valvular heart disease and AF, including mitral stenosis and prosthetic heart valves. No …

… Valvular Heart Disease Atrial fibrillation is a common complication in patients with mitral
valve disease. In mitral stenosis, the onset ofAF is associated with a deterioration in the …

… We believe that the cause of chronic AF is different from that of atrial flutter or paroxysmal
AF in mitral valve disease. One problem with this procedure is that atrial flutter might occur in …

… of connective tissue in the atrial tissue, resulting in a modified electrophysiology, may
support the theory of Wijffels and colleagues 1 that “atrial fibrillation begets atrial fibrillation”. We …

… Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia. Clinical … disease, congestive
heart failure, valvular heart disease and older age [1]. These risk factors cause structural atrial …

… We sought to assess the clinical and survival benefit of atrial fibrillation surgery in
patients submitted to mitral valve surgery after stabilization of postoperative rhythm at 1 year. …

… chronic atrial fibrillation suggested that (1) the left atrium … for atrial fibrillation in the majority
of the patients and (2) atrial … for chronic atrial fibrillation associated with mitral valve disease. …

… In conclusion, the LAPW in patients with chronic AF related to mitral valve disease seems
to be a particular anatomical site in which major myocyte and interstitial changes are …