The role of signal averaged P wave duration and serum magnesium as a combined predictor of atrial fibrillation after elective coronary artery bypass surgery

Heart

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 527-531

  Zaman, A G ^a,c   Alamgir, F ^a   Richens, T ^a   Williams, R ^b   Rothman, M T ^a   Mills, P G ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Cardiac Surgery ^*

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Coronary artery bypass surgery; Magnesium; Signal averaging

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030874354     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.77.6.527     Document Type: Article

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