Year: 2020
Type: editorial
Abstract: Atrial fibrillation (AF) can complicate the treatment and prognoses of a number of conditions. Despite advances in surgical techniques, prophylaxis, and refinements of antiarrhythmic algorithms, supraventricular arrhythmias, of which AF is one of the most prominent arrhythmia, remain a common postoperative complication of cardiac surgery.1,2 Postoperative AF (PoAF) increases the risk of stroke, myocardial infarction, heart failure, costs, and prolongs length of stay.2 The incidence of PoAF has been reported to vary between 10% and 60% depending on the type of cardiac surgery and the underlying myocardial substrate.
Source: JTCVS Open
Author: Rupak Mukherjee
Institution: Medical University of South Carolina
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,431
OpenAlex ID: W3047924748