Atrial Fibrillation After Major Thoracic Surgery. New Insights Into Underlying Mechanisms

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 54, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 2049-2051

  Dixit, Sanjay ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; cardiac transplantation; lung transplantation; pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 71849091182     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.09.015     Document Type: Editorial

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