Posterior pericardiotomy reduces the incidence of atrial fibrillation, pericardial effusion, and length of stay in hospital after coronary artery bypasses surgery

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-108

  Kaygin, Mehmet Ali ^a   Daǧ, Özgür ^a   Güneş, Mustafa ^a   Şenocak, Mutlu ^a   Limandal, Hüsnü Kamil ^a   Aslan, Ümit ^a   Erkut, Bilgehan ^a  

^a Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Coronary artery bypass surgery; Hospital cost; Pericardial effusion; Posterior pericardiotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; TURKEY;

EID: 80052568111     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.225.103     Document Type: Article

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