Post-coronary artery bypass graft atrial fibrillation event count and survival: differences by sex.

CONCLUSIONS: Both men and women who experienced ≥2 post-CABG AF episodes showed increased risk of five-year mortality, independent of total AF duration. While men's risk increased as number of AF events increased, women's peaked at 2 AF events. Future research needs to determine whether this divergence stems from differences in treatment/management, or underlying biology. PMID: 31589856 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research