A day without orange juice is like an invitation to atrial fibrillation

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 265-267

  Wilson, James M ^a,b,c  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; ORANGE JUICE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BEVERAGES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 35848961194     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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