General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
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Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Dec 2016
Randomized Controlled TrialLandiolol infusion during general anesthesia does not prevent postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing lung resection.
We aimed to determine whether intraoperative low-dose infusion of landiolol, an ultra-short-acting beta blocker, can prevent postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after lung resection. ⋯ We failed to demonstrate that low-dose infusion of landiolol during general anesthesia could prevent the incidence of AF after lung resection. Only IL-6 sampled at 6 h after end of surgery significantly predicted POAF among pulmonary surgical patients.