Ventricular arrhythmia after cardiac surgery: Incidence, predictors, and outcomes

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 2664-2671

  El Chami, Mikhael F ^a   Sawaya, Fadi J ^a   Kilgo, Patrick ^b   Stein IV, William ^a   Halkos, Michael ^a   Thourani, Vinod ^a   Lattouf, Omar M ^a   Delurgio, David B ^a   Guyton, Robert A ^a   Puskas, John D ^a   Leon, Angel R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery bypass; mortality; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OFF PUMP SURGERY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GEORGIA; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871315060     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.08.1011     Document Type: Article

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