Atrial fibrillation after beating heart surgery

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 64-67

  Stamou, Sotiris C ^a   Dangas, George ^a   Hill, Peter C ^a   Pfister, Albert J ^a   Dullum, Mercedes K C ^a   Boyce, Steven W ^a   Bafi, Ammar S ^a   Garcia, Jorge M ^a   Corso, Paul J ^a  

^a MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034237520     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)00829-8     Document Type: Article

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