ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Atrioventricular block in the postoperative period of heart valve surgery: incidence, risk factors and hospital evolution

Andres Di Leoni Ferrari; Carolina Pelzer Süssenbach; João Carlos Vieira da Costa Guaragna; Jacqueline da Costa Escobar Piccoli; Guilherme Ferreira Gazzoni; Débora Klein Ferreira; Luciano Cabral Albuquerque; Marco Antonio Goldani

DOI: 10.5935/1678-9741.20110010

^ISpecialist, MD, Arrhythmia Clinic at the Hospital São Lucas da Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS), Porto Alegre, Brazil ^IIResident of Cardiology at PRM de Cardiologia, Hospital São Lucas da PUC-RS, Porto Alegre, Brazil ^IIIDoctor of Cardiology, Chief of Cardiology, PRM Hospital São Lucas da PUC-RS, Head of the Postoperative Cardiac Surgery, Hospital São Lucas da PUC-RS, Porto Alegre, Brazil ^IVPh.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Adjunct Professor, Universidade Federal do Pampa - Campus Uruguaiana, RS, Brazil ^VCardiology Electrophysiology Service of the Hospital São Lucas da PUC-RS, Porto Alegre, Brazil ^VIResident of General Surgery, Hospital Municipal Miguel Couto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ^VIIDoctor of Health Sciences specialist in Cardiology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Cardiovascular Surgeon of Hospital São Lucas da PUC-RS, Porto Alegre, Brazil ^VIIISpecialist in Cardiovascular Surgery, Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery of the PRM, Hospital São Lucas da PUC-RS, Porto Alegre, Brazil

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