Atrial fibrillarion and flutter after coronary artery bypass surgery: Importance of preoperative autonomic balance and atrial ectopic activity;Atrieflimren efter koronar bypass-kirurgi: Betydningen af præoperativ vagusmodulation og ektopisk atrieaktivitet

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 158, Issue 27, 1996, Pages 3919-3923

  Frost, Lars ^a   Mølgaard, Henning ^a   Christiansen, Evald Høj ^a   Jakobsen, Carl Johan B ^a   Allermand, Henrik ^a   Thomsen, Poul Erik Bloch ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; VAGUS NERVE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 3343009079     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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