Amiodarone after surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation: Is it really necessary? A prospective randomized controlled trial Niv Ad, MD, Sari D. Holmes,

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Amiodarone after surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation: Is it really necessary? A prospective randomized controlled trial Niv Ad, MD, Sari D. Holmes, PhD, Deborah J. Shuman, BS, Graciela Pritchard, BS, Casey E. Miller, MS The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 151, Issue 3, Pages 798-803 (March 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.07.034 Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 CONSORT flow diagram depicting progression of patients in the study. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016 151, 798-803DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.07.034) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Freedom from atrial arrhythmia recurrence for amiodarone and no-amiodarone groups. CI, Confidence interval. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016 151, 798-803DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.07.034) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Freedom from atrial arrhythmia recurrence for the amiodarone and no-amiodarone groups. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016 151, 798-803DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.07.034) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions