Low-dose amiodarone for the prevention of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting in patients older than 70 years

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 2928-2932

  Gu, Song ^a   Su, Pi Xiong ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Yan, Jun ^a   Zhang, Xi Tao ^a   Wang, Tian You ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Atrial fibrillation; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Prevention

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; PLACEBO;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74549172087     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.24.002     Document Type: Article

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