Meta-analysis of risk factors and complications associated with atrial fibrillation after oesophagectomy.
Dimitrios SchizasM KosmopoulosS GiannopoulosS GiannopoulosD G KokkinidisN KarampetsouC A PapanastasiouI RouvelasT LiakakosPublished in: The British journal of surgery (2019)
Postoperative AF is frequently observed in patients undergoing oesophagectomy for cancer. It is associated with an increased risk of death and postoperative complications.
Keyphrases
- patients undergoing
- atrial fibrillation
- risk factors
- systematic review
- papillary thyroid
- left atrial
- oral anticoagulants
- catheter ablation
- meta analyses
- squamous cell
- left atrial appendage
- heart failure
- direct oral anticoagulants
- lymph node metastasis
- randomized controlled trial
- case control
- squamous cell carcinoma
- childhood cancer
- coronary artery disease