Introduction: American College of Chest Physicians guidelines for the prevention and management of postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2005, Pages 6S-8S

  McKeown, Peter Philip ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion; Coronary artery bypass graft; Thromboembolism; Ventricular response rate

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

AGE; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST OF ILLNESS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINUS RHYTHM; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 23744456394     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.2_suppl.6S     Document Type: Article

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