Vitamin C for the Prevention of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery: A Meta-Analysis

Purpose: Several studies have investigated the administration of vitamin C (vitC) for the prevention of postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) after cardiac surgery. However, their findings were inconsistent. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the efficacy of vitC as prophylaxis for t...

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Main Authors: Evangelos Polymeropoulos, Pantelis Bagos, Maria Papadimitriou, Ioannis Rizos, Efstratios Patsouris, Ioannis Toumpoulis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2016-06-01
Series:Advanced Pharmaceutical Bulletin
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Online Access:http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/APB/Manuscript/APB-6-243.pdf