Epidemiology of Postoperative Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia in Infants Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

CONCLUSIONS: JET is treated in 6% of patients with substantial center variability. JET contributes to increased postoperative resource utilization. High center variability warrants further study to identify potential modifiable factors which could serve as targets for improvement efforts to ameliorate deleterious outcomes.PMID:38484909 | DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2024.03.002

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - March 14, 2024 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Michael E Kim Shankar Baskar Christopher M Janson Stephanie F Chandler Robert D Whitehill Audrey Dionne Mark A Law Yuliya Domnina Melissa N Smith-Parrish Geoffrey L Bird Mousumi Banerjee Wenying Zhang Garrett Reichle Kurt R Schumacher Richard J Czosek Dav Source Type: research