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Editorial
. 2010 Dec 15;3(4):337.
doi: 10.4022/jafib.337. eCollection 2010 Dec.

Atrail Fibrillation after Carfiac Surgery: Benign or Deserving of Prophylaxis

Stephen Westaby
Editorial

Atrail Fibrillation after Carfiac Surgery: Benign or Deserving of Prophylaxis

Stephen Westaby. J Atr Fibrillation. .

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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