The impact of postoperative atrial fibrillation and race on long-term survival after coronary artery bypass grafting

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 484-491

  O'Neal, Wesley T ^a   Efird, Jimmy T ^b   Davies, Stephen W ^c   O'Neal, Jason B ^d   Anderson, Curtis A ^b   Ferguson, T Bruce ^b   Chitwood, W Randolph ^b   Kypson, Alan P ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; RACE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FORECASTING; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEGRO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLACK PERSON; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883858961     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12178     Document Type: Article

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