Role of pre-operative transthoracic echocardiography in predicting post-operative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis.
Michal J KawczynskiMartijn GilbersSophie Van De WalleSimon SchallaHarry J CrijnsJos G MaessenUlrich SchottenBart MaesenElham BidarPublished in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2022)
This meta-analysis shows that increased TACT, increased LAVI, and reduced PALS are valuable parameters for predicting POAF in the early post-operative phase in a large variety of patients.
Keyphrases
- systematic review
- end stage renal disease
- atrial fibrillation
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- heart failure
- computed tomography
- prognostic factors
- randomized controlled trial
- coronary artery disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- venous thromboembolism
- acute coronary syndrome
- case control