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Noncardiac surgery in patients with or at risk for atherosclerotic disease resulted in a 2.5% incidence of new atrial fibrillation, with age and surgery type identified as risk factors.
Age and type of surgery are potential risk factors for the development of new atrial fibrillation after noncardiac surgery in patients with or at risk for atherosclerotic disease.
May guide preoperative AF risk stratification by age and surgery type; leaves open prospective validation before clinical use.
An observational analysis of patients presenting for noncardiac surgery with or at risk for atherosclerotic disease found a 2.5% incidence of new, clinically significant atrial fibrillation. The authors formulated a scoring system that identified age and type of surgery as potential risk factors for the development of new atrial fibrillation.1,2 OR indicates odds ratio.
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Naveen Nathan (2017) studied this question. Noncardiac surgery in patients with or at risk for atherosclerotic disease resulted in a 2.5% incidence of new atrial fibrillation, with age and surgery type identified as risk factors.
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