Atrial fibrillation in adults with congenital heart disease following cardiac surgery in a single center: Analysis of incidence and risk factors.
Michael A BrockJohn-Anthony CoppolaJana ReidDiego MoguillanskyPublished in: Congenital heart disease (2019)
Atrial fibrillation is a common complication following cardiac surgery in adults with congenital heart disease. Age, preoperative comorbidities, type of surgical intervention, and the need for perioperative inotropic infusions may predict the risk of atrial fibrillation in this unique patient population.
Keyphrases
- cardiac surgery
- atrial fibrillation
- acute kidney injury
- oral anticoagulants
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- direct oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- randomized controlled trial
- patients undergoing
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- venous thromboembolism
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease