Amiodarone for atrial fibrillation following cardiac surgery: Development of clinical practice guidelines at a University Hospital

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-10

  Khanderia, Ujjaini ^a,c   Wagner, Deborah ^b   Walker, Paul C ^b   Woodcock, Brian ^b   Prager, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac surgery; Rate; Rhythm

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; ESMOLOL; METOPROLOL; PLACEBO; PROPAFENONE; PROPRANOLOL; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL; WARFARIN;

ALGORITHM; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART RATE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG TOXICITY; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROTOXICITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; THYROID DISEASE; TORSADE DES POINTES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 38349184442     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20040     Document Type: Review

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