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Recent unstable angina and off‐pump coronary artery bypass grafting is not related to postoperative atrial fibrillation

Zhong‐Kai Wu Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland; Department of Cardiac Surgery, Affiliated 1st Hospital, Sun Yat‐sen University, GuangZhou, China
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Tiina Iivainen Department of Clinical Physiology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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Erkki Pehkonen Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jari Laurikka Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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Matti R. Tarkka Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
Pages 334-339 | Received 01 Aug 2002, Accepted 01 Jul 2003, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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