Atrial fibrillation after non-cardiac surgery: P-wave characteristics and Holter monitoring in risk assessment

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 813-817

  Materazzo, Carlo ^a   Piotti, Patrizia ^a   Mantovani, Costanza ^a   Miceli, Rosalba ^a   Villani, Fabrizio ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

ECG Holter monitoring; P wave duration and dispersion; Post surgery atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THORAX SURGERY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; AGE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34047118133     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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