Amiodarone significantly decreases atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing surgery for lung cancer

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 339-346

  Riber, Lars P ^a   Christensen, Thomas D ^a   Jensen, Henrik K ^a   Hoejsgaard, Anette ^a   Pilegaard, Hans K ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIODARONE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84864234805     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.12.096     Document Type: Conference Paper

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