β-Blocker Prophylaxis for Atrial Fibrillation After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients With Sympathovagal Imbalance

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-66

  Budeus, Marco ^a   Feindt, Peter ^b   Gams, Emmeran ^b   Wieneke, Heinrich ^a   Sack, Stefan ^a   Erbel, Raimund ^a   Perings, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SYMPATHOVAGAL IMBALANCE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 34250341667     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.02.014     Document Type: Article

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