Decreased postoperative atrial fibrillation following cardiac transplantation: The significance of autonomic denervation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 741-747

  Noheria, Amit ^a   Patel, Sandeep M ^b   Mirzoyev, Sultan ^c   Madhavan, Malini ^d   Friedman, Paul A ^d   Packer, Douglas L ^d   Daly, Richard C ^e   Kushwaha, Sudhir S ^d   Edwards, Brooks S ^d   Asirvatham, Samuel J ^d,f  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^e Divisions of Cardiac Surgery   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

atrium; autonomic; electrophysiology; fibrillation; nervous system; transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878601466     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pace.12102     Document Type: Article

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