The role of corticosteroid therapy following surgery for atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 232-234

  Chiappini, Bruno ^a,b   Leone, Ornella ^a   Bracchetti, Giovanni ^a   Marinelil, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; CORTICOSTEROID; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MYOCARDITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SINUS RHYTHM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 2542451921     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0886-0440.2004.04500.x     Document Type: Article

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