ATS
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Personal Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Author home page(s):
Alex G. Little
Right arrow Permission Requests
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Little, A. G.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Little, A. G.
Related Collections
Right arrowRelated Article

Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1086
© 1996 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited Commentary

Invited Commentary

Alex G. Little, MD

Department of Surgery, University of Nevada School of Medicine, 2040 W Charleston Blvd, #601, Las Vegas, NV 89102.

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

See also page="1083.

Concern about cardiac dysrhythmias was a prominent issue during the early years of thoracic surgery. This ranged from the ``knowledge'' at the turn of the century that operative stimulation of the vagus nerve would lead to instant cardiac cessation and death to more appropriate and less dramatic concerns about postoperative dysrhythmias after major lung resection. Since the first actual documentation of cardiac dysrhythmias after pulmonary resection in the early 1940s, there has been considerable interest in their incidence and nature, their predictability from preoperative assessment, the ability to prevent their development, and their treatment. Most dysrhythmias are supraventricular and occur after major lung resection, and by far the most common is atrial fibrillation. The incidence has been documented to range between . . . [Full Text of this Article]


Related Article

Verapamil as Prophylactic Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation After Lung Operations
Walter Van Mieghem, Geert Tits, Koen Demuynck, Ludovic Lacquet, George Deneffe, Tikma Tjandra-Maga, and Maurits Demedts
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 1996 61: 1083-1085. [Abstract] [Full Text]





HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
ANN THORAC SURG ASIAN CARDIOVASC THORAC ANN EUR J CARDIOTHORAC SURG
J THORAC CARDIOVASC SURG ICVTS ALL CTSNet JOURNALS
Copyright © 1996 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.