Key result
Preoperative AF is linked to higher hospital mortality and major postoperative complications versus sinus rhythm.
Why the study?
Does preoperative atrial fibrillation increase the risk of major postoperative complications and hospital mortality in heart surgery patients?
Population
1119 heart surgery patients
Comparison
Preoperative atrial fibrillation vs Preoperative sinus rhythm
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
hospital stay
Authors
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Preoperative AF marks higher-risk cardiac surgery patients; leaves open whether preoperative rhythm control improves outcomes in this observational cohort.
Cohort (n=1,119)
No
Does preoperative atrial fibrillation increase the risk of major postoperative complications and hospital mortality in heart surgery patients?
p-value: p=0.001
Preoperative atrial fibrillation is a significant risk factor for increased hospital mortality and major postoperative complications following heart surgery.
Anghel et al. (2014) conducted a cohort in Heart surgery (n=1,119). Preoperative atrial fibrillation vs. Sinus rhythm was evaluated on Major postoperative complications and hospital mortality rates (p=0.001). Preoperative atrial fibrillation in heart surgery patients significantly increased the risk of hospital mortality (P=0.001) and major postoperative complications compared to sinus rhythm.
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