Effectiveness of Metoprolol in Preventing Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter in the Postoperative Period of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery;Efetividade do Metoprolol na Prevenção de Fibrilaç ão e Flutter Atrial no Pós-Operatório de Cirurgia de Revascularização Miocárdica

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-46

  De Azevedo Lúcio, Eraldo ^a,b,c   Flores, Adriana ^a,b   Blacher, Celso ^a,b   Leães, Paulo E ^a,b   Lucchese, Fernando A ^a,b   Pinto Ribeiro, Jorge ^a,b  

^a Univ Federal do Rio Grande do Sul ^*

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Coronary artery bypass graft surgery; Metoprolol

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; METOPROLOL; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK; STATISTICS;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METOPROLOL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK; STATISTICS;

EID: 0842308196     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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