Management of postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 183-190

  Ha, Andrew C T ^a,b   Mazer, Cyril David ^c,d   Verma, Subodh ^c,d,e   Yanagawa, Bobby ^c,e   Verma, Atul ^b,d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; cardiac surgery; rate rhythm control; stroke prevention

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; MAGNESIUM; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANTICOAGULATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; HEART RHYTHM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PERICARDIOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; STROKE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMOPREVENTION; HUMANS; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STROKE;

EID: 84957563077     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: 15317080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0000000000000264     Document Type: Review

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