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Efficacy of atorvastatin in prevention of atrial fibrillation after heart valve surgery in the PROFACE trial (PROphylaxis of postoperative atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac surgEry)

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the efficacy of perioperative atorvastatin administration for prophylaxis of postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after heart valve surgery. METHODS: Our study included 90 patients with heart valve disease who were scheduled to undergo elective cardiac surgery. Cases with...

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Autores principales: Carrascal, Yolanda, Arnold, Roman J., De la Fuente, Luis, Revilla, Ana, Sevilla, Teresa, Arce, Nuria, Laguna, Gregorio, Pareja, Pilar, Blanco, Miriam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4913150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27354864
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joa.2016.01.010