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01-04-2008 | Poster presentation
Preoperative tissue Doppler imaging and diastolic filling patterns on postoperative new-onset atrial fibrillation in cardiopulmonary bypass surgery
Authors:
J Iribarren, J Jimenez, I Laynez, A Barragan, J Lacalzada, L Lorente, R Perez, L Lorenzo, R Galvan, M Mora
Published in:
Critical Care
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Special Issue 2/2008
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Excerpt
Postoperative atrial fibrillation is one of the most frequent complications after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) surgery. We evaluated the value of preoperative transthoracic echocardiography and tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) analysis of the mitral annulus and the incidence of postoperative new-onset atrial fibrillation (NOAF) in CPB surgery. …