Supraventricular tachyarrhythmia as early indicator of a complicated course after esophagectomy

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 267-273

  Stippel, Dirk L ^a   Taylan, C ^a   Schroder W ^a   Beckurts, K T E ^a   Holscher A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ESMOLOL; MAGNESIUM; METOPROLOL; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; VERAPAMIL; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS GLYCOSIDE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; COLON INTERPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG INFUSION; ESOPHAGUS ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL RISK; ANASTOMOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STOMACH;

ADRENERGIC AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGE FACTORS; AMIODARONE; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DIGITALIS GLYCOSIDES; EPINEPHRINE; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 33644790021     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2005.00487.x     Document Type: Article

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