Current Use of Prophylactic Strategies for Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation: A Survey of Canadian Cardiac Surgeons

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 106-110

  Price, Joel ^a   Tee, Rebecca ^a   Lam, Buu Khanh ^a   Hendry, Paul ^a   Green, Martin S ^a   Rubens, Fraser D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CANADA; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HYPERGLYCEMIA; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SURGEON; WOUND INFECTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 67649771391     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.059     Document Type: Article

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