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Interventions for preventing post-operative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing heart surgery.
CONCLUSIONS: Prophylaxis to prevent atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery with any of the studied pharmacological or non-pharmacological interventions may be favored because of its reduction in the rate of atrial fibrillation, decrease in the length of stay and cost of hospital treatment and a possible decrease in the rate of stroke. However, this review is limited by the quality of the available data and heterogeneity between the included studies. Selection of appropriate interventions may depend on the individual patient situation and should take into consideration adverse effects and the cost associated with each ap...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - March 2, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Arsenault KA, Yusuf AM, Crystal E, Healey JS, Morillo CA, Nair GM, Whitlock RP Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research

Role of new drugs for management of atrial fibrillation.
CONCLUSIONS: Use of dronedarone should be limited to patients with paroxysmal or persistent AF and should not be used in patients with heart failure or with permanent AF. Newer antithrombotic agents appear to be promising alternatives for the prevention of stroke in patients with AF; however, more data are needed to understand their role. PMID: 23249869 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The Annals of Pharmacotherapy - December 1, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Hollands JM, Gowan M, Riney JN, Deal EN, Kates AM Tags: Ann Pharmacother Source Type: research

Outcomes in atrial fibrillation patients on combined warfarin & antiarrhythmic therapy
Conclusions: Allowing for differences in prescribing practice, AF/AFL patients treated with W+A are at higher risk of stroke and arterial embolism, and have higher healthcare use and costs, than patients receiving W+OAAD.
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - February 15, 2012 Category: Cardiology Authors: Annie Guérin, Jay Lin, Mehul Jhaveri, Eric Q. Wu, Andrew P. Yu, Martin Cloutier, Genevieve Gauthier, Joseph S. Alpert Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

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