Predictors of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery surgery: Current trends and impact on hospital resources

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 390-397

  Aranki, Sary F ^a   Shaw, David P ^a   Adams, David H ^a   Rizzo, Robert J ^a   Couper, Gregory S ^a   VanderVliet, Martha ^b   Collins Jr , John J ^a   Cohn, Lawrence H ^a   Burstin, Helen R ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; atrial flutter; bypass surgery; coronary disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0029815621     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.3.390     Document Type: Article

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