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Purpose of the study. Atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery is still a frequent encountered complication and has been associated with increased hospital length of stay and numerous postoperative complications. The pathogenesis of atrial fibrillation involves an overall sequence of perioperative events, collectively termed as ischemia-reperfusion injury. Heat-shock proteins have been found to provide...