Preservation of the anterior fat pad paradoxically decreases the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation in humans

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 994-1000

  Cummings, Jennifer E ^a   Gill, Inderjit ^a,b   Akhrass, Rami ^a,b   Dery, Markalain ^a   Biblo, Lee A ^a   Quan, Kara J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

AF; Atrial fibrillation; CABG; CL; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Cycle length; Fat pad; FP; SA; Sinoatrial

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RECORDING; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASYMPATHECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542708661     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2003.07.055     Document Type: Article

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