B-type Natriuretic Peptide and Other Risk Factors for Predicting Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation after Thoracic Surgery.
CONCLUSION: In patients undergoing noncardiac thoracic surgery, we found that an elevated preoperative BNP level (with the level of 59 pg/mL as a cutoff), male gender, and open-chest surgeries were significant risk factors for POAF. The identification of patients who are prone to develop POAF will provide prevention strategies to reduce this complication.
PMID: 29290081 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Pu Z, Qi X, Xue T, Liu Z, Wu Y Tags: Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Source Type: research
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