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Catheter Ablation in Combination With Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Atrial Fibrillation
Published on: February 26, 2013
Postoperative atrial fibrillation
Krit Jongnarangsin1, Hakan Oral
1Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5853, USA.
Abstract:
Atrial fibrillation is a common arrhythmia that occurs after cardiac surgery. It is associated with an increase in morbidity, length of hospital stay and mortality. Patients who are at higher risk of postoperative atrial fibrillation should receive prophylactic treatment. Atrial fibrillation usually resolves spontaneously after heart rate is controlled; however, if patients are highly symptomatic or hemodynamically unstable, sinus rhythm should be restored by electrical or pharmacologic cardioversion.
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