Atrial fibrillation in cardiac surgery

Atrial fibrillation in cardiac surgery

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia seen in clinical practice. In cardiac surgery, one-third of the patients experience episodes of AF during the first postoperative days (postoperative AF), and patients with preoperative AF (concomitant AF) can be offered ablation procedures in c...

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Main Author: Ahlsson, Anders
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Örebro universitet, Hälsoakademin 2008
Subjects:
Atrial fibrillation
Inflammation
CABG surgery
Survival analysis
Follow-up studies
Ablation
Microwave
Transmurality
Atrial function
Tissue velocity echocardiography
Thoracic surgery
Thoraxkirurgi
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