The preventive effects of posterior pericardiotomy on atrial fibrillation after elective coronary artery bypass grafting

Tehran University Medical Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-35

  Bolourian, Ali Asghar ^a   Monfared, Mahmoud Beheshti ^a   Gachkar, Latif ^a   Ghomeisi, Mohammad ^a   Shahzamani, Mehran ^a   Foroughi, Mahnoosh ^a   Arabnia, Mohammad Kazem ^a   Ghods, Kamran ^b   Dabbagh, Ali ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Posterior pericardiotomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERICARDIOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

EID: 79955629361     PISSN: 16831764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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