Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation and Late Mortality After Valvular Surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2073-

  Filardo, Giovanni ^a   Adams, John ^a  

^a BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTIC VALVE REPAIR; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; LETTER; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952301232     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.01.028     Document Type: Letter

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3. Villareal R.P., Hariharan R., Liu B.C., et al. Postoperative atrial fibrillation and mortality after coronary artery bypass surgery. J Am Coll Cardiol 43 (2004) 742-748