Stroke and atrial fibrillation following cardiac surgery

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 26-30

  Murdock, David K ^a,b   Rengel, L Rosemary ^a   Schlund, Audrey ^a   Olson, Karen J ^a   Kaliebe, Jeffrey W ^a   Johnkoski, John A ^a   Riveron, Fernando A ^a  

^a Cardiovasc Res/Educ (CaRE) Found   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVERSION; CAROTID ARTERY BRUIT; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STROKE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0042474262     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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