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Interventions for prevention of post-operative atrial fibrillation and its complications after cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis by David C. Burgess, Michael J. Kilborn, and Anthony C. Keech EHJ Volume 27(23):2846-2857 November 22, 2006 © The European Society of Cardiology 2006. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: [email protected]

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Interventions for prevention of post-operative atrial fibrillation and its complications after cardiac surgery: a

meta-analysis

by David C. Burgess, Michael J. Kilborn, and Anthony C. Keech

EHJVolume 27(23):2846-2857

November 22, 2006

© The European Society of Cardiology 2006. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: [email protected]

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Flow chart of study selection.

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Effect of all interventions on post-operative occurrence of AF.

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Effect of sotalol and amiodarone on adverse events.

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Effect of all interventions on hospital LOS.

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Effect of all interventions on post-operative stroke.

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Funnel plot of studies reporting stroke outcomes showing SEs of OR. The scatter indicates minimal publication bias (see methods).

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