Left atrial size predicts the onset of atrial fibrillation after major pulmonary resections

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1094-1097

  Anile, Marco ^a   Telha, Valbona ^a   Diso, Daniele ^a   De Giacomo, Tiziano ^a   Sciomer, Susanna ^a   Rendina, Erino Angelo ^a   Coloni, Giorgio Furioand ^a   Venuta, Federico ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Echocardiography; Pulmonary resection

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SIZE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; BLOOD; CANCER STAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART ATRIUM; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84863840293     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezr174     Document Type: Article

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