ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Atrioventricular block in coronary artery bypass surgery: perioperative predictors and impact on mortality

Ricardo Medeiros Piantá^I; Andres Di Leoni Ferrari^II; Aline Almeida Heck^III; Débora Klein Ferreira^III; Jacqueline da Costa Escobar Piccoli^IV; Luciano Cabral Albuquerque^V; João Carlos Vieira da Costa Guaragna^VI; João Batista Petracco^VII

DOI: 10.5935/1678-9741.20140086

^IMD. Specialist in Cardiovascular Surgery by the Brazilian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgeon at the Sao Lucas Hospital of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
^IIMD. Specialist in Internal Medicine by the Brazilian Medical Association and in Cardiology through the Brazilian Society of Cardiology, Assistant Cardiologist of the Cardiac Pacing Unit at the Sao Lucas Hospital - PUCRS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
^IIIMD. Resident Physician for Cardiovascular Surgery of the Medical Residency Program for Cardiovascular Surgery of Sao Lucas Hospital - PUCRS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
^IVPhD. Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Pampa - Uruguaiana Campus, RS, Brazil
^VPhD. PhD in Health Sciences with Area of Concentration in Cardiology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Cardiovascular Surgeon at the Sao Lucas Hospital - PUCRS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
^VIPhD. Chief of Cardiology at the Sao Lucas Hospital - PUCRS, Head of the Postoperative Cardiac Surgery at the Sao Lucas Hospital - PUCRS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
^VIIMD, MSc. Master of Internal Medicine - Cardiology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Chief of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at the São Lucas Hospital - PUCRS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

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