N-acetylcysteine supplementation for the prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of eight randomized controlled trials

BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation is the most common type of arrhythmia after cardiac surgery. An increasing body of evidence demonstrates that oxidative stress plays a pivotal role in the pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation. N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is a free radical scavenger, and may attenuate thi...

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Autores principales: Gu, Wan-Jie, Wu, Zhen-Jie, Wang, Peng-Fei, Htet Aung, Lynn Htet, Yin, Rui-Xing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3331849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22364379
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-12-10

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3331849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22364379
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-12-10

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