Figure 1 Flow chart of study selection. From: Interventions for prevention of post-operative atrial fibrillation and its complications after cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis Eur Heart J. 2006;27(23):2846-2857. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehl272 Eur Heart J | © The European Society of Cardiology 2006. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org
Figure 2 Effect of all interventions on post-operative occurrence of AF. From: Interventions for prevention of post-operative atrial fibrillation and its complications after cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis Eur Heart J. 2006;27(23):2846-2857. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehl272 Eur Heart J | © The European Society of Cardiology 2006. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org
Figure 3 Effect of sotalol and amiodarone on adverse events. From: Interventions for prevention of post-operative atrial fibrillation and its complications after cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis Eur Heart J. 2006;27(23):2846-2857. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehl272 Eur Heart J | © The European Society of Cardiology 2006. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org
Figure 4 Effect of all interventions on hospital LOS. From: Interventions for prevention of post-operative atrial fibrillation and its complications after cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis Eur Heart J. 2006;27(23):2846-2857. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehl272 Eur Heart J | © The European Society of Cardiology 2006. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org
Figure 5 Effect of all interventions on post-operative stroke. From: Interventions for prevention of post-operative atrial fibrillation and its complications after cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis Eur Heart J. 2006;27(23):2846-2857. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehl272 Eur Heart J | © The European Society of Cardiology 2006. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org
Figure 6 Funnel plot of studies reporting stroke outcomes showing SEs of OR. The scatter indicates minimal publication bias (see methods). From: Interventions for prevention of post-operative atrial fibrillation and its complications after cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis Eur Heart J. 2006;27(23):2846-2857. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehl272 Eur Heart J | © The European Society of Cardiology 2006. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org