RR interval dynamics before atrial fibrillation in patients after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 429-434

  Hogue Jr , Charles W ^a   Domitrovich, Peter P ^a   Stein, Phyllis K ^a   Despotis, George D ^a   Re, Lisa ^a   Schuessler, Richard B ^a   Kleiger, Robert E ^a   Rottman, Jeffery N ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bypass; Heart rate; Tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL;

EID: 0345646459     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.98.5.429     Document Type: Article

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