Selective prophylaxis of atrial fibrillation with amiodarone after cardiac surgery

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 403-408

  Carrio M L ^a,b   Fortia C ^a   Javierre, C ^a   Rodriguez D ^a   Farrero, E ^a   Castells, E ^b   Ventura, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac surgery; Prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847008998     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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