Comparison of effectiveness and safety of ranolazine versus amiodarone for preventing atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 673-676

  Miles, Ronald H ^a   Passman, Rod ^b   Murdock, David K ^a  

^a Aspirus Heart and Vascular Institute   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; RANOLAZINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACETANILIDES; AGED; AMIODARONE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIPERAZINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 80051802104     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.04.017     Document Type: Article

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