- ►ahajournals.org G Patti, M Chello, D Candura, V Pasceri, A D' … - Circulation, 2006 - Am Heart Assoc Methods and Results— Two hundred patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery
with cardiopulmonary bypass, without previous statin treatment or history of AF,
were enrolled. Patients were randomized to atorvastatin (40 mg/d, n=101) or ... Cited by 204 - Related articles - All 8 versions
P Korantzopoulos, T Kolettis, K Siogas, J … - Medical science monitor: international medical journal …, 2003 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Atrial fibrillation (AF) represents the most common arrhythmia encountered in
clinical practice. The pathophysiology of AF is complex, but in most cases it
may be caused by multiple random re-entering wavelets. As generally known, ... Cited by 101 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►ahajournals.org H Sinno, K Derakhchan, D Libersan, Y Merhi, … - Circulation, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc Methods and Results— Atrial ischemia was induced by occlusion of an atrial
arterial branch that did not provide blood flow to the ventricles.
Atrial-arterial occlusion increased the duration of AF induced by burst ... Cited by 76 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
RH Abdelhadi, HS Gurm, DR Van Wagoner, … - The American journal of cardiology, 2004 - Elsevier Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia complicating cardiac
surgery. Postoperative AF has been associated with a greater risk for stroke,
deleterious hemodynamic consequences, prolonged hospital stay, and greater ... Cited by 64 - Related articles - All 4 versions
- ►rutgers.edu [PDF] RJ Contrada, TM Goyal, C Cather, L Rafalson, … - HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY-HILLSDALE-, 2004 - psycnet.apa.org This article reports a prospective study of religiousness and recovery from
heart surgery. Religiousness and other psychosocial factors were assessed in 142
patients about a week prior to surgery. Those with stronger religious ... Cited by 62 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►epdoc.net [PDF] Y Khaykin, NF Marrouche, W Saliba, R … - Heart Rhythm, 2004 - Elsevier The goal of this study was to assess the safety and efficacy of pulmonary vein
antrum isolation in patients with moderate valvular heart disease or open-heart
surgery and atrial fibrillation (AF). ... Valvular heart disease and ... Cited by 59 - Related articles - All 6 versions
- ►onlinejacc.org D Amar, W Shi, CW Hogue, H Zhang, RS … - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2004 - Elsevier This study was designed to devise and validate a practical prediction rule for
atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter (AF) after coronary artery bypass grafting
(CABG) using easily available clinical and standard electrocardiographic ... Cited by 57 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 14 versions
- ►ahajournals.org CM White, MF Caron, JS Kalus, H Rose, J … - Circulation, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc Methods and Results— Patients (n=160) were randomized to amiodarone or placebo
and then to pacing or no pacing using a 2x2 factorial design. All therapies
began within 6 hours post-CTS. Amiodarone was given by intravenous infusion ... Cited by 55 - Related articles - All 4 versions
JC Merritt, M Niebauer, K Tarakji, D Hammer, … - The American journal of cardiology, 2003 - Elsevier Atrial fibrillation (AF) occurs frequently after cardiac surgery. Although
frequency estimates of AF vary widely, clinical evidence supports the contention
that AF occurs more often in conjunction with valve procedures than with ... Cited by 49 - Related articles - All 10 versions
