Atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 196-205

  Nair, Suresh G ^a  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; atrial fibrillation; atrial pacing; beta blockers; cardiac surgery

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISOPROLOL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DRONEDARONE; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IBUTILIDE; MAGNESIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METOPROLOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; PROCAINAMIDE; PROPAFENONE; RANAZOLINE; SOTALOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BLEEDING; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVERSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUPUS LIKE SYNDROME; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; PERICARDIOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PREDICTION; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL RISK; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TORSADE DES POINTES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951482234     PISSN: 09719784     EISSN: 09745181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-9784.69047     Document Type: Review

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