Prediction of early postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: Is it possible? The value of interatrial conduction time for the prediction of early postoperative atrial fibrillation using intra-operative transoesophageal echocardiography

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-36

  Karaca, M ^a   Demirbas, M I ^a   Biceroglu, S ^a   Cevik A ^a   Cetin, Y ^a   Arpaz, M ^a   Yilmaz, H ^a  

^a Atakalp Kalp Hastaliklari Hastanesi Kahramanlar   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac surgery; Interatrial conduction time; Transoesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EARLY POSTOPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; INTERATRIAL CONDUCTION TIME; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART SURGERY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS;

EID: 84857309979     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2011-010     Document Type: Article

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