The risk of arrhythmias following coronary artery bypass surgery: Do smokers have a paradox effect?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 550-555

  Al Sarraf, Nael ^a,b   Thalib, Lukman ^c   Hughes, Anne ^a   Houlihan, Maighread ^a   Tolan, Michael ^a   Young, Vincent ^a   McGovern, Eillish ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Chest Diseases Hospital Kuwait   (Kuwait)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Coronary artery bypass graft; Smoking

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTERY DISEASE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BODY MASS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78149490389     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2010.242586     Document Type: Review

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