Amiodarone prevents symptomatic atrial fibrillation and reduces the risk of cerebrovascular accidents and ventricular tachycardia after open heart surgery: Results of the atrial fibrillation suppression trial (AFIST)

Cardiac Electrophysiology Review

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-167

  Kluger, Jeffrey ^a,b,c   White, C Michael ^a,b  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti arrhythmia agents; Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac surgical procedures; Electric countershock; Randomized clinical trial

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PLACEBO;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SYMPTOM; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346327468     PISSN: 13852264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027471718630     Document Type: Article

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