Low dose Colchicine in prevention of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass graft: A double blind clinical trial

Tehran University Medical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 147-154

  Sarzaeem, Mahmoodreza ^a   Shayan, Nasim ^b   Bagheri, Jamshid ^a   Jebelli, Mohammad ^a   Mandegar, Mohammadhosein ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Colchicine; Coronary artery bypass

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84940044280     PISSN: 16831764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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