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. 2026 Feb 1;144(2):489-491.
doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000005816. Epub 2025 Nov 25.

Preoperative Use of Metformin and Incidence of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation

Elias B Kampton  1 , Hao Zhang, Kay See Tan, David R Jones, David Amar
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Preoperative Use of Metformin and Incidence of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation

Elias B Kampton et al. Anesthesiology. .
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