Impact of left atrial appendage fibrosis on atrial fibrillation in patients following coronary bypass surgery.

Jan EcksteinAndré RennerArmin ZittermannThomas FinkChristian SohnsKarsten NiehausHanna BednarzJudith Martha NeumannMisagh PiranUdo KellnerJan Gummert

Published in: Clinical cardiology (2022)

LAA fibrosis may contribute to an individual arrhythmia substrate for AF in patients with AF but also in those with SR and coincidence of MR. LAA fibrosis was not found to be predictive for clinical events in patients after CABG.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
left atrial appendage
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
catheter ablation
peritoneal dialysis
coronary artery
minimally invasive
magnetic resonance
left atrial
aortic stenosis
venous thromboembolism
mitral valve
surgical site infection