Significance of coronary artery bypass grafting-associated conduction defects

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 558-563

  Mustonen, Paula ^a   Hippeläinen, Mikko ^a   Vanninen, Esko ^a   Rehnberg, Sinikka ^a   Tenhunen Eskelinen, Mirja ^a   Hartikainen, Juha ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0032032591     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00981-8     Document Type: Article

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