Intraoperative high-rate atrial pacing test as a predictor of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2072-2075

  Hakala, Tapio ^a   Berg, Ensio ^a   Hartikainen, Juha E K ^a   Hippelainen, Mikko J ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036897870     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04076-6     Document Type: Article

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