Atrial Fibrillation after Rheumatic Heart Valve Surgery: Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes.
Khalid Shaker IbrahimKhaled KheirallahFadia MayyasNizar WaqfiNabil Al-ZoubiDavid Van WagnerPublished in: The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon (2022)
This study identifies risk factors associated with the development of atrial fibrillation after rheumatic valve heart surgery. Older patients, male gender, type of surgery, preoperative AF, BMI, EF before surgery, and LA diameter are independent predictors of AF after cardiac valve surgery.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- surgical site infection
- heart failure
- aortic valve
- rheumatoid arthritis
- mitral valve
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- left atrial
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial appendage
- risk factors
- mental health
- catheter ablation
- venous thromboembolism
- gene expression
- metabolic syndrome
- genome wide
- acute coronary syndrome
- skeletal muscle
- weight loss
- optical coherence tomography