Postoperative outcome of patients undergoing lung resection presenting with new-onset atrial fibrillation managed by amiodarone or diltiazem

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-74

  Bobbio, Antonio ^a   Caporale, Domenico ^a   Internullo, Eveline ^a   Ampollini, Luca ^a   Bettati, Stefano ^a   Rossini, Elisabetta ^a   Carbognani, Paolo ^a   Rusca, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti arrhythmic drugs; Atrial fibrillation; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; ROPIVACAINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS SURFACE TENSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DILTIAZEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845298030     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.10.020     Document Type: Article

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