Prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac valvular surgery by epicardial, biatrial synchronous pacing

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-20

  Debrunner, Marianne ^a   Naegeli, Barbara ^a   Genoni, Michele ^a   Turina, Marko ^a   Bertel, Osmund ^a  

^a TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac surgery; Heart valve replacement; Pacing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART BEAT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART PROTECTION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEMETRY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0347995019     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(03)00644-4     Document Type: Article

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