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Upstream therapy with statin and recurrence of atrial fibrillation after electrical cardioversion. Review of the literature and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia observed in clinical practice. Electrical cardioversion (EC) is commonly used to restore and maintain sinus rhythm but it is characterized by high rate of recurrences. Several trials analyzed the effects of statins to reduc...

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Autores principales: Loffredo, Lorenzo, Angelico, Francesco, Perri, Ludovica, Violi, Francesco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3511171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23171447
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-12-107