Preoperative atrial fibrillation decreases event-free survival following cardiac surgery

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 293-299

  Kalavrouziotis, Dimitri ^a   Buth, Karen J ^a   Vyas, Tarren ^a   Ali, Imtiaz S ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Clinical outcomes; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650159425     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.02.030     Document Type: Article

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