Prevalence and predictors of new-onset atrial fibrillation after elective surgery for colorectal cancer

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Siu, Chung Wah ^a   Tung, Hiu Ming ^a   Chu, Kin Wah ^a   Jim, Man Hong ^a   Lau, Chu Pak ^a   Tse, Hung Fat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal cancer surgery; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUTROPHILIA; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 12844260838     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00024.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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