Increased dispersion of refractoriness in patients with atrial fibrillation in the early postoperative period after coronary artery bypass grafting

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 28-31

  Soylu, Mustafa ^a,c   Demir, Ahmet Duran ^a   Özdemir, Özcan ^a   Soylu, Özer ^b   Topaloǧlu, Serkan ^a   Kunt, Ayşegül ^a   Sasmaz, Ali ^a   Korkmaz, Şule ^a   Taşdemir, Oǧuz ^a  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b DR SIYAMI ERSEK THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY SINUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISPERSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; REVASCULARIZATION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037284049     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.02218.x     Document Type: Article

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