Does preoperative atrial fibrillation increase the risk for mortality and morbidity after coronary artery bypass grafting?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 901-906

  Ad, Niv ^a   Barnett, Scott D ^a   Haan, Constance K ^b   O'Brien, Sean M ^c   Milford Beland, Sarah ^c   Speir, Alan M ^a  

^a INOVA HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 62849086580     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.09.050     Document Type: Article

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