The new onset of atrial arrhythmias following major noncardiothoracic surgery is associated with increased mortality

Chest

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 462-468

  Brathwaite, Deborah ^a   Weissman, Charles ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abdominal surgery; Atrial arrhythmias; Atrial fibrillation; Critical care; Intensive care unit; Left atrial enlargement; Length of stay; Noncardiac surgery; Postoperative complications; Supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0031839533     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.114.2.462     Document Type: Article

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