Timing and route of amiodarone for prevention of postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: A network regression meta-analysis

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1017-1023

  Chatterjee, Saurav ^a   Sardar, Partha ^b   Mukherjee, Debabrata ^c   Lichstein, Edgar ^a   Aikat, Shamik ^d  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

amiodarone; cardiac surgery; meta analysis; postoperative atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; DOSE RESPONSE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; QT PROLONGATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880918244     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pace.12140     Document Type: Article

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