Postoperative atrial fibrillation: Etiopathogenesis, prevention and therapy;La fibrillazione atriale post-operatoria: Inquadramento nosologico e opzioni per la terapia e la profilassi

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Cardiac Series

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-104

  Calisi, Pasqualina ^a,b   Griffo, Raffaele ^a  

^a Ospedale La Colletta   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac surgery

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; METOPROLOL; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

CARDIOVERSION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DRUG MECHANISM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4644242348     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2004.675     Document Type: Review

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