Impact of maintaining serum potassium concentration ≥ 3.6mEq/L versus ≥ 4.5mEq/L for 120 hours after isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery on incidence of new onset atrial fibrillation: Protocol for a randomized non-inferiority trial

• Niall G. Campbell ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: n.campbell@doctors.org.uk

  Affiliations Faculty of Biology, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, Manchester Heart Institute, Manchester University Foundation NHS Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4269-3848

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• Elizabeth Allen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Trials Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Richard Evans,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Trials Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Zahra Jamal,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Trials Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Charles Opondo,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Trials Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8155-4117

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• Julie Sanders,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

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• Joanna Sturgess,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Trials Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Hugh E. Montgomery,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Medicine and Institute for Sport, Exercise and Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Diana Elbourne,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Trials Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Benjamin O’Brien

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Cardiac Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Berlin, Germany, Department of Perioperative Medicine, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, Outcomes Research Consortium, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7024-2337

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