Risk factors associated with atrial fibrillation after noncardiac thoracic surgery: Analysis of 2588 patients

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 779-786

  Vaporciyan, Ara A ^a   Correa, Arlene M ^a   Rice, David C ^a   Roth, Jack A ^a   Smythe, W R ^a   Swisher, Stephen G ^a   Walsh, Garrett L ^a   Putnam Jr , Joe B ^a   Downey, Robert J ^b   Miller, Daniel L ^b   Harpole Jr , David H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Box 445 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DATA BASE; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; THORAX SURGERY; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 12144288938     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.07.011     Document Type: Article

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