Fibrillation in patients subjected to coronary artery bypass grafting

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1477-1482

  Wu, Zhong Kai ^a   Iivainen, Tiina ^a   Pehkonen, Erkki ^a   Laurikka, Jari ^a   Zhang, Sijian ^b   Tarkka, Matti R ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMRINONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPEXAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION PREVENTION; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0344493988     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00749-9     Document Type: Article

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