Anticoagulation for stroke prevention in new atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 841-845

  Schulman, S ^a,b,c   Cybulsky, I ^d   Delaney, J ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Division of Plastic Surgery   (Canada)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; Coronary artery bypass grafts; ischemic stroke; surgery; warfarin

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LACUNAR STROKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OFF PUMP SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VERY ELDERLY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLEEDING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; NEUROIMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOPHILIA;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOPHILIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WARFARIN;

EID: 84928621681     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: 18792472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2015.02.015     Document Type: Article

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