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Baseline intraoperative left ventricular diastolic function is associated with postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery.

Lisa Qia RongAntonino Di FrancoMohammed RahoumaArnaldo DimagliAneri PatelAlexandra J LopesMaria WallineJune ChanDavid ChadowRoberto Perezgrovas OlariaGiovanni SolettiJiwon KimRichard B DevereuxKane O PryorLeonard N GirardiJonathan W WeinsaftMario Gaudino
Published in: Anesthesiology (2023)
Baseline preoperative LV diastolic dysfunction on TEE, not LA size or function, is independently associated with POAF. Further studies are needed to test if interventions aimed at optimizing intraoperative LV diastolic function during cardiac surgery may reduce the risk of POAF.
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