Arrhythmias and conduction disturbances after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Epidemiology, management, and prognosis

American Heart Journal

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 799-808

  Pires, Luis A ^a   Wagshal, Alan B ^a   Lancey, Robert ^b   Huang, Shoei K Stephen ^a  

^a Division of Cardiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DISOPYRAMIDE; PROCAINAMIDE; PROPAFENONE; QUINIDINE; SOTALOL;

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ARRHYTHMIA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0028924261     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(95)90332-1     Document Type: Article

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