Can posterior pericardiotomy reduce the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 488-491

  Fawzy, Hosam ^a   Elatafy, Elatafy ^a   Elkassas, Marwan ^b   Elsarawy, Emad ^c   Morsy, Ahmed ^a   Fawzy, Amr ^a  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^c Nation Institute   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Pericardial effusion; Posterior pericardiotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART TAMPONADE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOTOMY; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTERIOR PERICARDIOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX DRAINAGE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL TRIAL; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIECTOMY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84943555193     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivv190     Document Type: Conference Paper

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