Atrial fibrillation and delayed gastric emptying.

BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation and delayed gastric emptying (DGE) are common after pancreaticoduodenectomy. Our aim was to investigate a potential relationship between atrial fibrillation and DGE, which we defined as failure to tolerate a regular diet by the 7(th) postoperative day. METHODS: We per...

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Main Authors: Isadora C Botwinick, R Joseph Shonkwiler, John Steele, Gary Yu, John A Chabot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3197587?pdf=render