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MIKHAILIDIS , Dimitri P

Last name: MIKHAILIDIS

First name: Dimitri P

2008 (v1)

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The significance of preoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: preoperative atrial fibrillation--still underestimated opponent

Banach, Maciej Mariscalco, Giovanni Ugurlucan, Murat

Atrial fibrillation (AF) has been described as an 'epidemic' due to its increasing prevalence in the ageing population. The prevalence of AF in the UK has risen from 0.78% in 1994 to 1.42% in 2006. The pathogenesis of AF seems to be multifactorial, and includes electrical and structural remodelling, and inflammation. As a result of recent...

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