Incidence and predictors of post-surgery atrial fibrillation occurrence: A cohort study in 53,387 patients.

Enrico BrunettaGuido Del MonacoStefano RodolfiDonah ZachariahKostantinos VlachosAlessia Chiara LatiniMaria De SantisCarlo CeriottiPaola GalimbertiAntonio TaorminaVincenzo BattagliaGiulio FalasconiDiego Penela MacedaMichael EfremidisKonstantinos P LetsasCarlo SelmiGiulio Giuseppe StefaniniGianluigi CondorelliAntonio Frontera

Published in: Journal of arrhythmia (2024)

Lung and cardiovascular surgery had the highest risk of POAF in the presented cohort. CRP was an independent predictor of POAF and postsurgery inflammation may represent a major driver in the pathophysiology of the arrhythmia.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
end stage renal disease
coronary artery bypass
atrial fibrillation
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
oxidative stress
risk assessment
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
heart failure
catheter ablation
surgical site infection
risk factors
mitral valve