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ArticleJournal of arrhythmia2024

Incidence and predictors of post-surgery atrial fibrillation occurrence: A cohort study in 53,387 patients.

Enrico Brunetta, Guido Del Monaco, Stefano Rodolfi, Donah Zachariah, Kostantinos Vlachos, Alessia Chiara Latini, Maria De Santis, Carlo Ceriotti, Paola Galimberti, Antonio Taormina and 9 more

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Article in Journal of arrhythmia, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Perioperative atrial fibrillation after non-cardiac surgery - A narrative review.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2026
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19 authors.

Enrico BrunettaUnit of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital Rozzano Italy.
Guido Del MonacoArrhythmology Department, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital Rozzano Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2618-5352
Stefano RodolfiUnit of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital Rozzano Italy.
Donah ZachariahDepartment of Cardiac Electrophysiology Royal Papworth Hospital Cambridge UK.
Kostantinos VlachosOnassis Centre Athens Greece.
Alessia Chiara LatiniArrhythmology Department, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital Rozzano Italy.
Maria De SantisUnit of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital Rozzano Italy.
Carlo CeriottiArrhythmology Department, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital Rozzano Italy.
Paola GalimbertiArrhythmology Department, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital Rozzano Italy.
Antonio TaorminaArrhythmology Department, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital Rozzano Italy.
Vincenzo BattagliaArrhythmology Department, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital Rozzano Italy.
Giulio FalasconiArrhythmology Department, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital Rozzano Italy.
Diego Penela MacedaArrhythmology Department, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital Rozzano Italy.
Michael EfremidisOnassis Centre Athens Greece.
Konstantinos P LetsasOnassis Centre Athens Greece.
Carlo SelmiUnit of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital Rozzano Italy.
Giulio Giuseppe StefaniniDepartment of Biomedical Sciences Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele Milan Italy.
Gianluigi CondorelliDepartment of Biomedical Sciences Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele Milan Italy.
Antonio FronteraArrhythmology Department, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital Rozzano Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Atrial fibrillation (AF) represents the most common arrhythmia in the postoperative setting. We aimed to investigate the incidence of postoperative AF (POAF) and determine its predictors, with a specific focus on inflammation markers. Methods: We performed a retrospective single tertiary center cohort study including consecutive adult patients who underwent a major surgical procedure between January 2016 and January 2020. Patients were divided into four subgroups according to the type of surgery. Results: Among 53,387 included patients (79.4% male, age 64.5 ± 9.5 years), POAF occurred in 570 (1.1%) with a mean latency after surgery of 3.4 ± 2.6 days. Ninety patients died (0.17%) after a mean of 13.7 ± 8.4 days. The 28-day arrhythmia-free survival was lower in patients undergoing lung and cardiovascular surgery ( Conclusions: Lung and cardiovascular surgery had the highest risk of POAF in the presented cohort. CRP was an independent predictor of POAF and postsurgery inflammation may represent a major driver in the pathophysiology of the arrhythmia.

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atrial fibrillationcardioversionpost‐operativesurgery

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PMCPMC11317654

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