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prevention, and treatment of atrial fibrillation following cardiac surgery. Data
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[CITATION] Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery
- ►ahajournals.org E Crystal, SJ Connolly, K Sleik, TJ Ginger, S … - Circulation, 2002 - Am Heart Assoc Methods and Results— Fifty-two randomized trials (controlled by placebo or
routine treatment) of ß-blockers, sotalol, amiodarone, or pacing were
identified by systematic literature search. The 3 drug treatments each ... Cited by 310 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 13 versions
LL Creswell, RB Schuessler, M Rosenbloom, … - The Annals of thoracic surgery, 1993 - Soc Thorac Surgeons Between January 1, 1986, and December 31, 1991, 4,507 adult patients underwent
cardiac surgical procedures requiring cardiopulmonary bypass. Of these patients,
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Aggarwal, MD,* Thomas E. Moritz, MS,t William G. Henderson, Ph.D.,t Riyad
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P LeLorier, G Klein - Current Problems in Cardiology, 2002 - Elsevier Before proceeding on to discuss the putative causes of atrial fibrillation in
the postoperative setting, it is appropriate to discuss current theories
regarding the initiation and maintenance of atrial fibrillation. 1. ... Cited by 4 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
CW Hogue Jr, ML Hyder - The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2000 - Soc Thorac Surgeons Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common complication of cardiac operations that
leads to increased risk for thromboembolism and excessive health care resource
utilization. Advanced age, previous AF, and valvular heart operations are ... Cited by 134 - Related articles - All 3 versions
- ►onlinejacc.org RP Villareal, R Hariharan, BC Liu, B Kar, VV … - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2004 - Elsevier The Texas Heart Institute Cardiovascular Research Database was used to identify
all patients that developed AF after isolated initial CABG from January 1993 to
December 1999 (n = 994). This population was compared with patients who ... Cited by 118 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 16 versions
S Giri, CM White, AB Dunn, K Felton, L … - The Lancet, 2001 - Elsevier Patients on amiodarone had a lower frequency of any atrial fibrillation (22·5%
vs 38·0%; p=0·01; absolute difference 15·5% [95% CI 3·4–27·6%]), and
there were significant differences in favour of the active drug for ... Cited by 142 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►ahajournals.org SF Aranki, DP Shaw, DH Adams, RJ Rizzo, GS … - Circulation, 1996 - Am Heart Assoc Methods and Results Over a 12-month period ending July 31, 1994, a CABG
procedure was performed on 570 consecutive patients (age range, 32 to 87 years;
median age, 67 years; 232 [41%] were 70 years; 175 [31%] were women; 173 ... Cited by 651 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
