Pharmacologic prophylaxis for atrial fibrillation following cardiac surgery: A systematic review

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Koniari, Ioanna ^a   Apostolakis, Efstratios ^a   Rogkakou, Christina ^a   Baikoussis, Nikolaos G ^a   Dougenis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; PREMEDICATION; REVIEW;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMOPREVENTION; HUMANS; PREMEDICATION;

EID: 78649491919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-5-121     Document Type: Review

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