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...

Table of Contents:

• Experimental Animal Models of Atrial Arrhythmias and Their Relevance to Post-Operative Atrial Arrhythmias that Occur in Humans Unergoing Cardiac Surgery
• Understanding the Pathophysiology of Atrial Fibrillation from Clinical Observations
• Incidence, Timing and Outcome of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias After Cardiac Surgery
• Risk Factors for the Development of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation
• The Impact of Atrial Fibrillation on Hospital Length of Stay After Cardiac Surgery
• Prophylactic Value of Beta Blockers
• Antiarrhythmic Therapy to Prevent Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery
• Nonpharmacologic Treatment of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation
• Therapeutic Options for Establised or Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation: Focus on Antithrombotic Therapy
• Atrial Fibrillation after Noncardic Surgery.