Pacing to prevent atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting. What works, what doesn't: Insights from Bachmann's Bundle pacing

Cardiac Electrophysiology Review

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 154-157

  Goette, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial; Atrial fibrillation; CABG; Cardiac surgical procedures; Pacemaker; Pacing; Prevention; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; OPEN HEART SURGERY; P WAVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BUNDLE OF HIS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0346327474     PISSN: 13852264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027415600883     Document Type: Article

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