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Does impairment of left atrial function predict post-operative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery?
Does impairment of left atrial function predict post-operative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery?
Impairment of left atrial function and abnormal left ventricular relaxation measured intraoperatively independently predict the development of post-operative atrial fibrillation after CABG.
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May inform perioperative AF risk stratification after CABG; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
LEUNG et al. (2004) studied this question.
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