Whitney Fu, China Green, Catherine Wagner, Gurnoordeep Pawar, Nicolas Ceniza, Rhea Gupta, Corina Ghita, Marco Bologna, Dani Ahmetovic, Tanvi Ravi, Jack Proebstle, Vivica Addrow, Matthew Romano, Gorav Ailawadi, Steven F Bolling
OBJECTIVE: Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is common after cardiac surgery and is often considered to be "benign" despite recent data suggesting worse outcomes. There are no guidelines for the amount of POAF that triggers anticoagulation or for postoperative surveillance. We examined the rate of POAF, incidence of neurologic events, development of permanent AF, and mortality in patients undergoing isolated mitral valve surgery at a Mitral Foundation reference center. METHODS: This is a retrospective cohort study of 922 adult patients from 2011-2022 with no preoperative history of arrhythmias...
September 12, 2023: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery