Factors affecting late atrial fibrillation and its association with coronary artery bypass outcomes

CONCLUSIONS: Patients with advanced age, a lower left-ventricular ejection fraction, and POAF are more likely to have late/recurrent clinical AF. Albeit counterintuitive, late/recurrent AF was not independently associated with worse mid-term post-CABG outcomes. These observations need to be further elucidated in larger-scale studies and interpreted in the context of a developing country with limited resources for late AF surveillance.PMID:38360338 | DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2024.02.007

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - February 15, 2024 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Mana Jameie Malihe Rezaee Mina Pashang Arash Jalali Amirmohammad Khalaji Amir Hossein Behnoush Aida Fallahzadeh Ali Sheikhy Farzad Masoudkabir Hossein Ahmadi Tafti Shahram Momtahen Soheil Mansourian Kaveh Hosseini Source Type: research