Dose dependent effect of statins on postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery among patients treated with beta blockers

BACKGROUND: Previous studies on the effects of Statins in preventing atrial fibrillation (AF) after cardiac surgery have shown conflicting results. Whether statins prevent AF in patients treated with postoperative beta blockers and whether the statin-effect is dose related are unknown. METHODS: We r...

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Autores principales: Mithani, Salima, Akbar, Muhammad S, Johnson, Deborah J, Kuskowski, Michael, Apple, Katherine K, Bonawitz-Conlin, Jana, Ward, Herbert B, Kelly, Rosemary F, McFalls, Edward O, Bloomfield, Hanna E, Li, Jian-Ming, Adabag, Selcuk
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2777853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19889221
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-4-61

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2777853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19889221
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-4-61

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