Incidence of atrial fibrillation early after cardiac surgery: Can choice of the anesthetic regimen influence the incidence?

Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-154

  Cromheecke, S ^a   Ten Broecke, P W ^a   Hendrickx, E ^a   Meeus, R ^a   De Hert, Stefan G ^a,b  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DESFLURANE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DROPERIDOL PLUS FENTANYL; HEPARIN; INOTROPIC AGENT; KALLIKREIN INHIBITOR; LIDOFLAZINE; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDAZOLAM MALEATE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NITRATE; PANCURONIUM; PANCURONIUM BROMIDE; PROPOFOL; PROTAMINE; REMIFENTANIL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INOTROPISM; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 21744453294     PISSN: 00015164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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