Abstract:At the Montreal General Hospital in 1994, the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) following coronaryartery bypass graft (CABG) surgery was 30%. With the goal of reducing the incidence of thiscomplication, 20 patients (15 males and 5 females) undergoing CABG surgery were studied
prospectively for the occurrence of AF following a three-day "on demand" atrial pacing at 90 beats-per-minute. The age range of the group was 39 to 79 years, with a mean age of 60 and a median age of
63. Two patients were … Show more
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