Atrial fibrillation after pulmonary transplantation incidence, impact on mortality, treatment effectiveness, and risk factors

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-67

  Henri, Christine ^a   Giraldeau, Geneviève ^a   Dorais, Marc ^b   Cloutier, Alexis Simon ^a   Girard, François ^c   Noiseux, Nicolas ^c   Ferraro, Pasquale ^c   Rinfret, Stéphane ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b StatSciences Inc   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Mortality; Risk factors; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; BRONCHIECTASIS; CARDIOVERSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858312191     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.964569     Document Type: Review

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