Prevalence, pathophysiology, and clinical significance of post-heart transplant atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-60

  Ahmari, Saeed A L ^a   Bunch, T Jared ^a   Chandra, Anupam ^a   Chandra, Vidhan ^a   Ujino, Keiji ^a   Daly, Richard C ^a   Kushwaha, Sudhir S ^a   Edwards, Brook S ^a   Maalouf, Youssef F ^a   Seward, James B ^a   McGregor, Christopher G ^a   Chandrasekaran, Krishnaswamy ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BIOPSY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 30044450522     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2005.07.017     Document Type: Article

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