Biatrial pacing as a cost-effective strategy for prevention of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgery

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-26

  Mirkhani, Seyed Hamid ^a   Eslami, Masoud ^a   Bayat, Homeira ^a   Sanatkar, Mehdi ^a,b   Sattarzadeh, Roya ^a   Naseri, Mohammad Hasan ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Coronary bypass; Fibrillation; Pacing

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY RISK; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 17644364714     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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