Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Steinberg, Jonathan S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2000.
• Series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, 222
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cardiology.; Cardiac surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Cardiac Surgery.

Cardiac surgery is performed on hundreds of thousands of patients a year, and can have an important beneficial impact on the outcomes of patients with coronary and valvular heart diseases. Despite the favorable recovery of most patients, some will have their post-operative period interrupted by the...