Mechanisms, Prevention, and Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 793-801

  Echahidi, Najmeddine ^a   Pibarot, Philippe ^a   O'Hara, Gilles ^a   Mathieu, Patrick ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIGOXIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MAGNESIUM; METOPROLOL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; SOTALOL;

ADD ON THERAPY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINUS RHYTHM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS;

EID: 39149094907     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.10.043     Document Type: Review

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