Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
2985497 The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2009 6 Pages PDF
Abstract
Preoperative plasma transforming growth factor β1 levels could be used to predict the persistence of atrial fibrillation at 1 year's follow-up after the surgical maze procedure by using cryoablation. Preoperative plasma transforming growth factor β1 levels were correlated with the degree of fibrosis in the left atria of patients with mitral valvular heart disease.
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Plasma transforming growth factor β1 as a biochemical marker to predict the persistence of atrial fibrillation after the surgical maze procedure
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