Impact of Epicardial Anterior Fat Pad Retention on Postcardiothoracic Surgery Atrial Fibrillation Incidence. The AFIST-III Study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 298-303

  White, C Michael ^a   Sander, Stephen ^a,b   Coleman, Craig I ^a,b   Gallagher, Robert ^a   Takata, Hiroyoshi ^a   Humphrey, Chester ^a   Henyan, Nickole ^a,b   Gillespie, Effie L ^a,b   Kluger, Jeffrey ^a,c  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIGOXIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EPICARDIUM; EXCISION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RR INTERVAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 33846245987     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.10.033     Document Type: Article

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