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ReviewEuropean heart journal2023

Postoperative atrial fibrillation: from mechanisms to treatment.

Mario Gaudino, Antonino Di Franco, Lisa Q Rong, Jonathan Piccini, Michael Mack

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Review in European heart journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 141 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
141citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
46.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

141 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 210 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Improving atrial fibrillation or flutter detection and management by smartphone-based photoplethysmography rhythm monitoring following cardiac surgery: a pragmatic randomized trial.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2025
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  13. The Value of Left Atrial Strain and Strain Rate for Prediction of Early Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Following Isolated Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Low-Risk Patients.Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc · 2026
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  15. The anticoagulation dilemma in post-operative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery.European heart journal. Cardiovascular pharmacotherapy · 2026
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81 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mario GaudinoDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 525 E 68th St, New York City, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4680-0815
Antonino Di FrancoDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 525 E 68th St, New York City, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0836-295X
Lisa Q RongDepartment of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 525 E 68th St, New York City, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0982-7154
Jonathan PicciniDepartment of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Michael MackDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Baylor Scott & White Health, 621 North Hall Street, Dallas, TX 75226, USA.
Cornell University · USBaylor Scott & White Health · USDuke Medical Center · US

Funding

CIHR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is the most common type of secondary atrial fibrillation (AF) and despite progress in prevention and treatment, remains an important clinical problem for patients undergoing a variety of surgical procedures, and in particular cardiac surgery. POAF significantly increases the duration of postoperative hospital stay, hospital costs, and the risk of recurrent AF in the years after surgery; moreover, POAF has been associated with a variety of adverse cardiovascular events (including stroke, heart failure, and mortality), although it is still unclear if this is due to causal relation or simple association. New data have recently emerged on the pathophysiology of POAF, and new preventive and therapeutic strategies have been proposed and tested in randomized trials. This review summarizes the current evidence on the pathogenesis, incidence, prevention, and treatment of POAF and highlights future directions for clinical research.

Indexed as

Atrial FibrillationCardiac Surgical ProceduresHumansLength of StayPostoperative ComplicationsRisk FactorsMechanismsPostoperative atrial fibrillationTreatment

Identifiers

PMID36721960
PMCPMC10226752
OpenAlexW4318754243

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