Birmingham City Hospital NHS Trust, U.K.
Atrial fibrillation management postcardiac surgery is reviewed
Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, September 29th, 2006
Management of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery is reviewed. "Perioperative atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most frequent complications of cardiac surgery. Its development is associated with an increased morbidity and mortality, for example from perioperative stroke, as well as ventricular arrhythmias, postoperative myocardial infarction, congestive cardiac failure, renal failure, increased use of inotropic medications and the need for intra-aortic balloon pump," scientists in England report.
"Furthermore, AF after cardiac surgery results in prolonged hospitalization after the procedure, as well as an excess utilization of hospital resources and increased...
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