Why the study?
Does the degree of atrial fibrosis predict post-operative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing open heart surgery?
Does the degree of atrial fibrosis predict post-operative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing open heart surgery?
Increased atrial fibrosis, along with older age and prolonged P-wave duration, provides a pathophysiological substrate that predicts the development of post-operative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing open heart surgery.
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May aid pre-op risk stratification for post-op AF; hypothesis-generating for fibrosis-targeted prevention trials.
Andreas Goette (2002) studied this question.
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