Diltiazem versus amiodarone to prevent atrial fibrillation in coronary surgery

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-52

  Mikroulis, Dimitrios ^a,b   Didilis, Vassilios ^a   Konstantinou, Fotios ^a   Tsakiridis, Kosmas ^a   Vretzakis, Georgios ^a   Bougioukas, Georgios ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 18144395753     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230501300111     Document Type: Article

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