Preoperative Amiodarone as Prophylaxis against Atrial Fibrillation after Heart Surgery
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- 18 December 1997
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 337 (25), 1785-1791
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199712183372501
Abstract
Atrial fibrillation occurs commonly after open-heart surgery and may delay hospital discharge. The purpose of this study was to assess the use of preoperative amiodarone as prophylaxis against atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery.Keywords
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