Blood transfusion and the risk of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 593-599

  Alameddine, Abdallah K ^a   Visintainer, Paul ^b   Alimov, Victor K ^a   Rousou, John A ^a  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PUMP; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; LIGATION; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONSTRICTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84908234336     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12383     Document Type: Article

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