Midterm survival in patients treated for atrial fibrillation: A propensity-matched comparison to patients without a history of atrial fibrillation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1341-1351

  Lee, Richard ^a   McCarthy, Patrick M ^a   Wang, Edward C ^a   Vaduganathan, Muthiah ^a   Kruse, Jane ^a   Malaisrie, S Chris ^a   McGee Jr , Edwin C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHICAGO; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861189675     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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