Open AccessTransrectal EUS-guided FNA biopsy of a presacral chordoma-report of a case and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Jianglong Hou,
Ke Gao,
Mei Li,
Jie Ma,
Yujun Shi,
Yun Wang,
Yaopeng Zhao
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.14.2582
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , atrial fibrillation , odds ratio , cardiac surgery , esophageal cancer , surgery , cardiology , gastroenterology , anesthesia , cancer
To evaluate the value of plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) level for predicting postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients undergoing surgery for esophageal carcinoma.