Postoperative atrial fibrillation: The role of the inflammatory response

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1357-1365

  Ishii, Yosuke ^a   Schuessler, Richard B ^a   Gaynor, Sydney L ^b   Hames, Kiyomi ^a   Damiano, Ralph J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AtriCure   (United States)

Author keywords

fibrillation; inflammation; surgery

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOTOMY; CANINE MODEL; CARDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; INCISION; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MONGREL DOG; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART RATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYOCARDITIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85014396455     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.12.051     Document Type: Article

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