Electrocardiographic activity before onset of postoperative atrial fibrillation in cardiac surgery patients

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1371-1382

  Ovreiu, Mirela ^a   Nair, Bala G ^a   Xu, Meng ^a   Bakri, Mohamed H ^a   Li, Liang ^a   Wazni, Oussama ^a   Fahmy, Tamer ^a   Petre, John ^a   Starr, Norman J ^a   Sessler, Daniel I ^a   Bashour, C Allen ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac surgery; ECG analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 53749087927     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01198.x     Document Type: Article

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