Atrial arrhythmias after lung transplant: Underlying mechanisms, risk factors, and prognosis

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 734-740

  Orrego, Carlos M ^a   Cordero Reyes, Andrea M ^a   Estep, Jerry D ^a   Seethamraju, Harish ^a   Scheinin, Scott ^a   Loebe, Matthias ^a   Torre Amione, Guillermo ^a,b  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

arrhythmias; atrial fibrillation; atrial flutter; lung transplant; risk factors

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURVIVAL RATE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 84904256602     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2014.02.032     Document Type: Article

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