New-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation: A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 311-313

  Saltman, Adam E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

EDITORIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART DENERVATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

EID: 0842282973     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.04.004     Document Type: Editorial

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