Effects of magnesium on atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: A meta-analysis

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 618-623

  Miller, S ^b   Crystal, Eugene ^a,b   Garfinkle, M ^b   Lau, C ^b   Lashevsky, I ^b   Connolly, S J ^c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; MAGNESIUM; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVALUATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART PROARRHYTHMIA; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SAMPLE SIZE; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 17644401395     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.033811     Document Type: Article

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