What is the optimal anticoagulation management of patients post-cardiac surgery who go into atrial fibrillation?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 503-509

  Dunning, Joel ^a   Nagarajan, Darbhamulla V ^a   Amanullah, Munir ^a   Nouraei, Seyed Mahmoud ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Atrial fibrillation; Evidence based medicine; Review; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4143087015     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icvts.2004.05.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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