Autonomic control in patients experiencing atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-84

  Bauernschmitt, Robert ^a   Malberg, Hagen ^b   Wessel, Niels ^c   Brockmann, Gernot ^a   Wildhirt, Stephen M ^a   Kopp, Burkhard ^a   Kurths, Jürgen ^c   Bretthauer, Georg ^b   Lange, Rüdiger ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic therapy; Atrial fibrillation; Baroreceptor sensitivity; Cardiac surgery; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OBSERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAROREFLEX; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33846301055     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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