Fragmented QRS may predict postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery;Fragmente QRS izole koroner arter baypass greftleme operasyonu geçiren hastalarda postoperatif atriyal fibrilasyon gelişimini öngörebilir

Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 576-583

  Çetin, Mustafa ^a   Kocaman, Sinan Altan ^a   Erdoǧan, Turan ^b   Durakoǧlugil, Murtaza Emre ^b   Çiçek, Yüksel ^b   Bozok, Şahin ^b   Çanga, Aytun ^a   Temiz, Ahmet ^a   Doǧan, Sitki ^a   Şatiroǧlu, Ömer ^b  

^a Rize Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery; Fragmented QRS; Postoperative atrial fibrillation; Predictive value; Regression analysis; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868281518     PISSN: 13028723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5152/akd.2012.184     Document Type: Article

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