Intraoperative mapping of the right atrial free wall during sinus rhythm: variety of activation patterns and incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 132-139

  Sakamoto, Shun ichiro ^a   Yamauchi, Shigeo ^a   Yamashita, Hiromasa ^a   Imura, Hajime ^a   Maruyama, Yuji ^a   Ogasawara, Hidetsugu ^a   Hatori, Nobuo ^a   Shimizu, Kazuo ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial mapping; Cardiac surgery; Sinus rhythm

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DIGOXIN; PILSICAINIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTRODE; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL PATIENT; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33744928433     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.03.060     Document Type: Article

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