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Comment
. 2016 Oct;4(Suppl 1):S32.
doi: 10.21037/atm.2016.09.43.

Rhythm is a dancer: the immediate management of postoperative atrial fibrillation following cardiac surgery

Martin I Sigurdsson  1 , Simon C Body  1
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Rhythm is a dancer: the immediate management of postoperative atrial fibrillation following cardiac surgery

Martin I Sigurdsson et al. Ann Transl Med. 2016 Oct.
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The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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  • Rate Control versus Rhythm Control for Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery.
    Gillinov AM, Bagiella E, Moskowitz AJ, Raiten JM, Groh MA, Bowdish ME, Ailawadi G, Kirkwood KA, Perrault LP, Parides MK, Smith RL 2nd, Kern JA, Dussault G, Hackmann AE, Jeffries NO, Miller MA, Taddei-Peters WC, Rose EA, Weisel RD, Williams DL, Mangusan RF, Argenziano M, Moquete EG, O'Sullivan KL, Pellerin M, Shah KJ, Gammie JS, Mayer ML, Voisine P, Gelijns AC, O'Gara PT, Mack MJ; CTSN. Gillinov AM, et al. N Engl J Med. 2016 May 19;374(20):1911-21. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1602002. Epub 2016 Apr 4. N Engl J Med. 2016. PMID: 27043047 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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