Preoperative prophylaxis can decrease rates of atrial fibrillation in open heart surgery: A retrospective study

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 143-147

  Koçoǧullari, Cevdet Uǧur ^a,b   Emmiler, Mustafa ^a   Ayva, Ercument ^a   Sasirtan, Taner ^a   Eren, Naim ^a   Cekirdekci, Ahmet ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT; METOPROLOL; METOPROLOL SUCCINATE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STERNOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART SURGERY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METOPROLOL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 46049115060     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/HSF98.20081003     Document Type: Article

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