The more you look, the more you find: atrial fibrillation – nowhere to hide

Purpose of review We provide an updated review on the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after cardiac surgery as determined by enhanced cardiac rhythm monitoring technology and provide a rationale for why a more aggressive detection approach for POAF may be clinically useful. Recent findings Most of the published literature had focused on the in-hospital incidence of POAF after cardiac surgery. However, recent studies using continuous cardiac rhythm technologies revealed that the incidence of POAF during the postdischarge, subacute (
Source: Current Opinion in Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Tags: VALVULAR HEART DISEASE: Edited by Subodh Verma and Bobby Yanagawa Source Type: research