Postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery;Fibrilação atrial no pós-operatório de cirurgia cardíaca

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-61

  Ferro, Carlos Romério Costa ^a   De Oliveira, Dinaldo Cavalcanti ^a   Nunes, Fabiana Piech ^a   Piegas, Leopoldo Soares ^a  

^a Hospital do Coracao   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Postoperative care; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 6; MAGNESIUM; PLACEBO; SOTALOL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; WARFARIN;

BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVERSION; COMORBIDITY; COST; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INFLAMMATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROPHYLAXIS; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SINUS RHYTHM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 70350786568     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2009000700011     Document Type: Review

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