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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

Clinical Management of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in COVID-19 Patients Referred to a Tertiary Cardiac Arrhythmia Center after Hospital Discharge.

Marco Schiavone, Fabiola B Sozzi, Alessio Gasperetti, Cecilia Gobbi, Elisa Gherbesi, Lucia Barbieri, Roberto Arosio, Gianfranco Mitacchione, Filippo Toriello, Andrea Faggiano and 3 more

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Impact of New Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19. Results of the "ACO-VID" Registry.Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis
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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Marco SchiavoneCardiology Unit, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, Via Giovanni Battista Grassi 74, 20157 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0720-3380
Fabiola B SozziCardiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Alessio GasperettiCardiology Unit, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, Via Giovanni Battista Grassi 74, 20157 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3432-070X
Cecilia GobbiInterventional Cardiology, Saint Martin Private Hospital Center, 14000 Caen, France.
Elisa GherbesiCardiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3127-0789
Lucia BarbieriCardiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Roberto ArosioCardiology Unit, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, Via Giovanni Battista Grassi 74, 20157 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9818-5474
Gianfranco MitacchioneCardiology Unit, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, Via Giovanni Battista Grassi 74, 20157 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3774-0104
Filippo TorielloCardiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Andrea FaggianoCardiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3247-3203
Maurizio VieccaCardiology Unit, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, Via Giovanni Battista Grassi 74, 20157 Milan, Italy.
Giovanni B ForleoCardiology Unit, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, Via Giovanni Battista Grassi 74, 20157 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8895-8915
Stefano CarugoCardiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5166-0899
Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico · ITLuigi Sacco Hospital · ITJohns Hopkins University · USLaboratoire Saint Martin · FRUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAvailable reports on the post-discharge management of atrial fibrillation (AF) in COVID-19 patients are scarce. The aim of this case series was to describe the clinical outcomes of new-onset AF in COVID-19 patients referred to a tertiary cardiac arrhythmia center after hospital discharge.

methodsAll consecutive patients referred to our center for an ambulatory evaluation from 18 May 2020 to 15 March 2022 were retrospectively screened. Patients were included in the current analysis if new-onset AF was diagnosed during hospitalization for COVID-19 and then referred to our clinic.

resultsAmong 946 patients, 23 (2.4%) were evaluated for new-onset AF during COVID-19. The mean age of the study cohort was 71.5 ± 8.1 years; 87.0% were male. Median time from COVID-19 discharge and the first ambulatory evaluation was 53 (41.5-127) days; median follow-up time was 175 (83-336) days. At the in-office evaluation, 14 (60.9%) patients were in sinus rhythm, and nine patients were in AF. In 13.0% of cases, oral anticoagulation was stopped according to CHADS-VASc. Eight patients in AF were scheduled for electrical cardioversion; one patient was rate-controlled. Four patients were treated with catheter ablation (CA) during follow-up. Two post-cardioversion AF recurrences were detected during follow-up, while no recurrences were diagnosed among patients who underwent CA.

conclusionOur data suggest that AF may not be considered as a simple bystander of the in-hospital COVID-19 course. Management of new-onset AF in post-COVID-19 patients referred to our clinic did not significantly differ from our usual practice, both in terms of long-term oral anticoagulation and in terms of rhythm control strategy.

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atrial fibrillationcardiac arrhythmiascatheter ablationCOVID-19rhythm monitoring

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PMID36233529
PMCPMC9571676
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