Right atrial overdrive pacing does not prevent atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgery

Europace

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 170-174

  Hakala, Tapio ^a   Valtola, Antti J M ^a   Turpeinen, Anu K ^a   Hedman, Antti E ^a   Vuorenniemi, Rauli E U ^a   Karjalainen, Jari M ^a   Vajanto, Ismo S ^a   Kouri, Juhani ^a   Jaakkola, Pekka A ^a   Hartikainen, Juha E K ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Coronary artery bypass surgery; Overdrive pacing; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20044377586     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2004.12.006     Document Type: Article

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