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Pharmacologic prophylaxis for atrial fibrillation following cardiac surgery: a systematic review

Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia occurring after cardiac surgery. Its incidence varies depending on type of surgery. Postoperative AF may cause hemodynamic deterioration, predispose to stroke and increase mortality. Effective treatment for prophylaxis of postoperative AF is vit...

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Autores principales: Koniari, Ioanna, Apostolakis, Efstratios, Rogkakou, Christina, Baikoussis, Nikolaos G, Dougenis, Dimitrios
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3006380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21118555
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-5-121