Risk of Ischemic Stroke after Perioperative Atrial Fibrillation in Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty Patients

To determine if new onset perioperative atrial fibrillation during arthroplasty represents a benign response to intraoperative cardiac stress or is a risk factor for stroke, we evaluated the subsequent risk of ischemic stroke in patients with new onset atrial fibrillation occurring during primary total knee (TKR) and hip replacement (THR).

Source: The Journal of Arthroplasty - April 16, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Sariah Khormaee, Huong Do, Yevgeniy Mayr, Gino Gialdini, Hooman Kamel, Stephen Lyman, Michael Cross Source Type: research