New-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation after heart surgery.

Tomas GudbjartssonSolveig HelgadottirMartin Ingi Sigurdsson Amar Taha Anders JeppssonThomas Decker ChristensenLars Peter Schoedt Riber

Published in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2019)

Multiple strategies to prevent and manage poAF following heart surgery already exist. Our hope is that this review will facilitate more rigorous testing of prevention strategies, implementation of prophylaxis regimens as well as optimal treatment of this common and serious complication.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
heart failure
surgical site infection
primary care
healthcare
percutaneous coronary intervention
patients undergoing
left atrial
catheter ablation
mitral valve
combination therapy
venous thromboembolism
replacement therapy