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Amiodarone prophylaxis reduces major cardiovascular morbidity and length of stay after cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis.

Aasbo JD, Lawrence AT, Krishnan K, Kim MH, Trohman RG.

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Effect of prophylactic amiodarone on clinical and economic outcomes after cardiothoracic surgery: a meta-analysis.

Gillespie EL, Coleman CI, Sander S, Kluger J, Gryskiewicz KA, White CM.

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Prophylactic amiodarone for prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis.

Bagshaw SM, Galbraith PD, Mitchell LB, Sauve R, Exner DV, Ghali WA.

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Pharmacologic prophylaxis for postoperative atrial tachyarrhythmia in general thoracic surgery: evidence from randomized clinical trials.

Sedrakyan A, Treasure T, Browne J, Krumholz H, Sharpin C, van der Meulen J.

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Summaries for patients. Potential benefits of amiodarone for patients undergoing open-heart surgery.

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A comparison between oral antiarrhythmic drugs in the prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: the pilot study of prevention of postoperative atrial fibrillation (SPPAF), a randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

Auer J, Weber T, Berent R, Puschmann R, Hartl P, Ng CK, Schwarz C, Lehner E, Strasser U, Lassnig E, Lamm G, Eber B; Study of Prevention of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation.

Am Heart J. 2004 Apr;147(4):636-43.PMID: 15077078 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Intravenous magnesium sulphate and sotalol for prevention of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgery: a systematic review and economic evaluation.

Shepherd J, Jones J, Frampton GK, Tanajewski L, Turner D, Price A.

Health Technol Assess. 2008 Jun;12(28):iii-iv, ix-95. Review.PMID: 18547499 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Amiodarone prevents symptomatic atrial fibrillation and reduces the risk of cerebrovascular accidents and ventricular tachycardia after open heart surgery: results of the Atrial Fibrillation Suppression Trial (AFIST).

Kluger J, White CM.

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Magnesium prophylaxis for arrhythmias after cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Shiga T, Wajima Z, Inoue T, Ogawa R.

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Impact of prophylactic amiodarone on length of hospital stay, stroke, and atrial fibrillation after cardiothoracic surgery.

Perkerson KA, Gillespie EL, White CM, Kluger J, Takata H, Kardas M, Ismaili A, Coleman CI.

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Prophylactic Oral Amiodarone for the Prevention of Arrhythmias that Begin Early After Revascularization, Valve Replacement, or Repair: PAPABEAR: a randomized controlled trial.

Mitchell LB, Exner DV, Wyse DG, Connolly CJ, Prystai GD, Bayes AJ, Kidd WT, Kieser T, Burgess JJ, Ferland A, MacAdams CL, Maitland A.

JAMA. 2005 Dec 28;294(24):3093-100.PMID: 16380589 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Cost-effectiveness of amiodarone for prophylaxis of atrial fibrillation after cardiothoracic surgery.

Gillespie EL, White CM, Kluger J, Rancourt JA, Gallagher R, Coleman CI.

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Oral amiodarone for prevention of atrial fibrillation after open heart surgery, the Atrial Fibrillation Suppression Trial (AFIST): a randomised placebo-controlled trial.

Giri S, White CM, Dunn AB, Felton K, Freeman-Bosco L, Reddy P, Tsikouris JP, Wilcox HA, Kluger J.

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Long-term amiodarone therapy and the risk of complications after cardiac surgery: results from the Canadian Amiodarone Myocardial Infarction Arrhythmia Trial (CAMIAT).

Crystal E, Kahn S, Roberts R, Thorpe K, Gent M, Cairns JA, Dorian P, Connolly SJ.

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Interventions for preventing post-operative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing heart surgery.

Crystal E, Garfinkle MS, Connolly SS, Ginger TT, Sleik K, Yusuf SS.

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2004 Oct 18;(4):CD003611. Review.PMID: 15495059 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Interventions on prevention of postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing heart surgery: a meta-analysis.

Crystal E, Connolly SJ, Sleik K, Ginger TJ, Yusuf S.

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Amiodarone vs. sotalol as prophylaxis against atrial fibrillation/flutter after heart surgery: a meta-analysis.

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Atrial arrhythmias after cardiac surgery in patients with diabetes mellitus.

Jung W, Meyerfeldt U, Birkemeyer R.

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Amiodarone prophylaxis for atrial fibrillation of high-risk patients after coronary bypass grafting: a prospective, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized study.

Budeus M, Hennersdorf M, Perings S, Röhlen S, Schnitzler S, Felix O, Reimert K, Feindt P, Gams E, Lehmann N, Wieneke H, Sack S, Erbel R, Perings C.

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Prophylactic oral amiodarone compared with placebo for prevention of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgery.

Redle JD, Khurana S, Marzan R, McCullough PA, Stewart JR, Westveer DC, O'Neill WW, Bassett JS, Tepe NA, Frumin HI.

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