Influence of anterior periaortic fat pad excision on incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1191-1196

  Kazemi, Babak ^a   Ahmadzadeh, Ayyoub ^a   Safaei, Naser ^a   Jodati, Ahmadreza ^a   Sohrabi, Bahram ^a   Afrasiabi, Abbas ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Autonomic nervous system; Coronary artery bypass; Periaortic fat pad

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR PERIAORTIC FAT PAD; AORTA ROOT; AORTOPULMONARY SEPTAL DEFECT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEMETRY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 80054003918     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.02.034     Document Type: Article

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