Patterns of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgery

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-144

  Tamis Holland, Jacqueline E ^a,b   Kowalski, Marcin ^a   Rill, Velisar ^a   Firoozi, Kamran ^a   Steinberg, Jonathan S ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac surgery; Coronary artery bypass surgery; Length of stay

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33645285577     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2006.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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