Routine anticoagulation is not indicated for postoperative general thoracic surgical patients with new-onset atrial fibrillation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 421-427

  Makhija, Zeena ^a   Allen, Mark S ^a   Wigle, Dennis A ^a   Shen, K Robert ^a   Cassivi, Stephen D ^a   Nichols III, Francis C ^a   Deschamps, Claude ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANEMIA; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN DISEASE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CHYLOTHORAX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFUSION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LARYNGEAL NERVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NERVE INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEX RATIO; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINE RETENTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMORBIDITY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 79960965704     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.04.066     Document Type: Article

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