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ReviewMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2026

Digital Rhythm Surveillance After Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in Cancer Survivors: A Cardio-Oncology Survivorship Pathway.

Sotiris Kyriakou, Georgios P Georghiou, Panos Georghiou, Argyris Kyriakou, Amalia Georgiou, Marilina Neokleous, Andrew Xanthopoulos, Filippos Triposkiadis

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Review in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Sotiris KyriakouBarts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London EC1M 6BQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2259-5004
Georgios P GeorghiouDepartment of Surgery, Gray Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.ORCID 0009-0006-1667-3172
Panos GeorghiouBarts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London EC1M 6BQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7523-9786
Argyris KyriakouBarking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, London RM7 0AG, UK.ORCID 0009-0001-7531-9580
Amalia GeorgiouKrankenhaus Maria Hilf Krefeld, 47805 Duseldorf, Germany.
Marilina NeokleousSchool of Medicine, University of Cyprus, Nicosia 2029, Cyprus.
Andrew XanthopoulosSchool of Medicine, European University Cyprus, Nicosia 2404, Cyprus.ORCID 0000-0002-9439-3946
Filippos TriposkiadisSchool of Medicine, European University Cyprus, Nicosia 2404, Cyprus.ORCID 0000-0001-6433-4016

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after cardiac surgery is often managed as a transient inpatient arrhythmia, yet recurrent or silent atrial fibrillation (AF) after discharge may identify persistent atrial vulnerability. This issue is particularly relevant in cancer survivors, whose thrombotic and bleeding risks vary according to cancer activity, treatment exposure, thrombocytopenia, frailty and planned procedures. For this narrative review, PubMed/MEDLINE and Scopus were searched from inception to 16 June 2026, with Google Scholar used for supplementary citation tracking. A total of 50 publications were included in the final narrative synthesis. Direct evidence at the intersection of cancer, cardiac surgery, POAF and digital monitoring remains limited. Accordingly, the proposed "Digital Cancer-POAF Survivorship Pathway" is presented as a conceptual, hypothesis-generating framework, rather than a validated clinical algorithm. Its distinctive contribution is to connect cancer-state phenotyping and treatment-specific arrhythmic risk with post-discharge rhythm surveillance, electrocardiogram (ECG) confirmation, multidisciplinary interpretation, data governance and outcomes for prospective validation. Digital monitoring may increase AF detection; however, whether it reduces stroke, bleeding, readmission, or healthcare utilisation in this population is unknown. Neither a low detected AF burden nor the absence of AF during finite monitoring has been validated as an independent basis for anticoagulation decisions.

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Atrial FibrillationCancer SurvivorsPostoperative ComplicationsDigital HealthElectrocardiographyHumansMonitoring, Physiologicanticoagulationcancer survivorscardio-oncologydigital healthpost-discharge carepostoperative atrial fibrillationremote monitoringrhythm surveillancewearable ECG

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PMID42654494
PMCPMC13515374

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