Atrial fibrillation postcardiac surgery: A common but a morbid complication

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 772-777

  Attaran, Saina ^a   Shaw, Matthew ^a   Bond, Laura ^a   Pullan, Mark D ^a   Fabri, Brian M ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG); Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL WOUND; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956192761     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2010.243782     Document Type: Article

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