Peri-operative dysrhythmias in patients undergoing major vascular surgery - A preliminary report

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 16-20

  Shorten, G D ^a,b   Comunale, M E ^a   Cohen, M ^a   Robertson, L ^a   Darvish, A ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University College Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dysrhythmias, supraventricular, ventricular; Surgery, vascular

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0031822457     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2346.1998.00220.x     Document Type: Article

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