Atrail Fibrillation after Carfiac Surgery: Benign or Deserving of Prophylaxis

Journal of Atrial Fibrillation
Stephen Westaby

Abstract

New onset atrial fibrillation (AF) is the commonest complication after cardiac surgery affecting around 30% of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients, up to 50% of valve surgery patients and as many as 60% of those undergoing combined valve and CABG operations. After cardiac transplantation where the native pulmonary veins are electrically separated from the donor heart atria the incidence is only 11%.

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