title: New treatments for perioperative cardiac arrhythmias.
abstract: Cardiac arrhythmias remain a major source of morbidity, mortality, and prolonged postoperative hospital stay in surgical patients. Recent studies in patients experiencing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest have expanded our knowledge in the management of cardiac arrhythmias. Future advances require additional studies focused on the unique proarrhythmic substrates in surgical patients, to provide a clear rationale for antiarrhythmic drug therapy in the perioperative period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
authors.forename: Laura A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Hastings
authors.forename: Jeffrey R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Balser
mesh_terms: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents