Improvement science supports the timely initiation of amiodarone after complex cardiac surgery to reduce postoperative atrial fibrillation

Catalina Casas Lopez^{1

2}, James Calvin³, Nadia B Hensley⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph's Health Care, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada. catalina.casaslopez@lhsc.on.ca.
² London Health Sciences Centre, 339 Windermere Rd., London, ON, N6A 5A5, Canada. catalina.casaslopez@lhsc.on.ca.
³ Department of Medicine, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Editorial

Catalina Casas Lopez et al. Can J Anaesth. 2023 Dec.

. 2023 Dec;70(12):1865-1869.

doi: 10.1007/s12630-023-02618-9. Epub 2023 Oct 26.

Catalina Casas Lopez^{1

2}, James Calvin³, Nadia B Hensley⁴

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph's Health Care, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada. catalina.casaslopez@lhsc.on.ca.
² London Health Sciences Centre, 339 Windermere Rd., London, ON, N6A 5A5, Canada. catalina.casaslopez@lhsc.on.ca.
³ Department of Medicine, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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