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Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark larspeterriber@gmail.com.
² Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.

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Lars P Riber et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2015 Feb.

. 2015 Feb;47(2):393.

doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezu172. Epub 2014 Apr 30.

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark larspeterriber@gmail.com.
² Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.

No abstract available

Keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Pharmacology (cardiovascular); Postoperative care; Statistics (clinical trial); Surgery for lung cancer.

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Amiodarone is a cost-neutral way of preventing atrial fibrillation after surgery for lung cancer.
Riber LP, Christensen TD, Pilegaard HK. Riber LP, et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2014 Jan;45(1):120-5. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt169. Epub 2013 May 3. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2014. PMID: 23644703 Clinical Trial.
The evidence for routine anti-arrhythmic prophylaxis in patients undergoing pulmonary resection surgery.
Patel AJ, Hunt I. Patel AJ, et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2015 Feb;47(2):392. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezu189. Epub 2014 Apr 30. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2015. PMID: 24787477 No abstract available.