Atrial fibrillation and revascularization procedures: Clinical and prognostic significance. Incidence, predictors, treatment, and long-term outcome

Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-60

  Terranova, Paolo ^a,b,c,d   Carletti, Francesca ^a   Valli, Paolo ^b   Dell'Orto, Simonetta ^b   Greco, Enrico Maria ^b   Terranova, Peppino ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Laboratorio di Tecniche Separative   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Coronary artery bypass surgery; Percutaneous coronary intervention

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOFETILIDE; DYE; ESMOLOL; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; IBUTILIDE; PLACEBO; PROCAINAMIDE; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMBOLISM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 33846399233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09726292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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