Post-operative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: This systematic review and meta-analysis identified an association between POAF and long-term mortality after cardiac surgery. More comprehensive POAF prevention and management, including more stringent follow-up for POAF recurrence after hospital discharge, may be indicated. While included studies used inconsistent definitions of POAF and variable exclusion criteria, estimates of heterogeneity are low. Differences in preoperative comorbidities such as age, ejection fraction, and obesity may not be fully accounted for in adjusted analyses. Future work is required to delineate mechanisms linking POAF and mortality in this population. PMID: 32687821 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - July 16, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Eikelboom R, Sanjanwala R, Le ML, Yamashita MH, Arora RC Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research