Post-operative atrial fibrillation: A maze of mechanisms

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-174

  Maesen, Bart ^a,b   Nijs, Jan ^a   Maessen, Jos ^a   Allessie, Maurits ^b   Schotten, Ulrich ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageing; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial remodelling; Fibrosis; Inflammation; Oxidative stress; Post operative atrial fibrillation; Sympathetic activation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CORTICOSTEROID; MILRINONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POSTOPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; POSTOPERATIVE ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84856265947     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur208     Document Type: Review

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