Concomitant atrial fibrillation surgery for people undergoing cardiac surgery

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Huffman, Mark D ^a   Karmali, Kunal N ^a   Berendsen, Mark A ^a   Andrei, Adin Cristian ^b   Kruse, Jane ^c   Mccarthy, Patrick M ^b   Malaisrie, S C ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTOMATIC CARDIOVERSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CAUSE OF DEATH; META ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TACHYCARDIA;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 84983316646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011814.pub2     Document Type: Review

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