Cost-effectiveness of targeting patients undergoing cardiac surgery for therapy with intravenous amiodarone to prevent atrial fibrillation.

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Published in J Am Coll Cardiol on August 21, 2002

Authors

Elizabeth M Mahoney1, Trevor D Thompson, Emir Veledar, Jovonne Williams, William S Weintraub

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. emahone@emory.edu

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