Inflammation Effects on the Electrical Properties of Atrial Tissue and Inducibility of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-75

  Tselentakis, E Victor ^a   Woodford, Edward ^a   Chandy, Joby ^a   Gaudette, Glenn R ^b   Saltman, Adam E ^b  

^a St Francis Hospital The Heart Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; cardiac surgery; complications; pathophysiology inflammation; pericarditis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ARACHIDONIC ACID; IBUPROFEN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TALC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINUS NODE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DOGS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HEART ATRIA; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PERICARDITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33747033118     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2006.03.024     Document Type: Article

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