Incidence and predictors of de novo late-onset persistent atrial fibrillation in postoperative rheumatic heart disease patients (LOAF-RHD study).
Gautam SharmaNirmal GhatiShrenik DoshiShruti SharmaMohd ShariqueAman AgarwalVelayoudam DevagourouMilind Padmakar HoteShiv Kumar ChoudharyPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2021)
Late-onset AF develops in almost a tenth of the RHD patients postoperatively following corrective valve surgery. Preoperative LA size can be used to identify patients at high risk for LOAF.
Keyphrases
- late onset
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- atrial fibrillation
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- prognostic factors
- early onset
- peritoneal dialysis
- rheumatoid arthritis
- heart failure
- risk factors
- patients undergoing
- coronary artery disease
- mitral valve
- left ventricular
- pulmonary hypertension
- patient reported
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- catheter ablation