Teresa Cafaro, Melissa Allwood, William F McIntyre, Lily J Park, Julian Daza, Sandra N Ofori, Michael Ke Wang, Flavia K Borges, David Conen, Maura Marcucci, Jeff S Healey, Richard P Whitlock, Andre Lamy, Emilie P Belley-Côté, Jessica D Spence, Michael McGillion, P J Devereaux
PURPOSE: Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is a common complication following cardiac surgery. Although the evidence suggests that beta blockers prevent POAF, they often cause hypotension. Landiolol, an ultra-short-acting β1 blocker, may prevent POAF, without adverse hemodynamic consequences. SOURCE: We searched MEDLINE, CENTRAL, Embase, and trial registries between January 1970 and March 2022. We included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that evaluated the effect of landiolol for the prevention of POAF after cardiac surgery...
November 2023: Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia