Intravenous amiodarone for the prevention of atrial fibrillation after open heart surgery: The amiodarone reduction in coronary heart (ARCH) trial

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 343-347

  Guarnieri, Thomas ^a   Nolan, Shellee ^a   Gottlieb, Sidney O ^a   Dudek, Audrey ^a   Lowry, David R ^a  

^a St Joseph Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE;

EID: 0032752581     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00212-0     Document Type: Article

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