Clinical Predictors of Device-Detected Atrial Fibrillation During 2.5 Years After Cardiac Surgery : Prospective RACE V Cohort

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BACKGROUND: Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is a frequent complication after cardiac surgery that is associated with late atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrences (late-POAF) and increased morbidity and long-term mortality.

OBJECTIVES: This study sought to determine device-detected POAF incidence and to identify clinical variables associated with POAF, both in patients with and without preoperative AF history.

METHODS: A total of 133 consecutive patients undergoing cardiac surgery were prospectively enrolled and continuously monitored with an implantable loop recorder for 2.5 years after surgery. Preoperative transthoracic echocardiography, 12-lead electrocardiogram, blood biomarkers, and clinical data were analyzed to develop prediction models for early- and late-POAF.

RESULTS: In patients without preoperative AF history, early-POAF within the first 90 postoperative days occurred in 41 (47.1%) of 87 patients. Late-POAF after the first 90 postoperative days occurred in 22 (25%) of 87 patients, and 20 of these patients also had early-POAF during the first 90 days (20 of 22 [91%]). Increased right atrial minimum volume indexed for body surface area (RAVImin) and early-POAF were independently associated with late-POAF. A prediction model for late-POAF, which included RAVImin >11 mL/m2, age >65 years, and early-POAF, achieved an area under the curve of 0.82 (95% CI: 0.72-0.92). For patients with preoperative AF-history, late-POAF recurrences were frequent (22 of 33 [67%]). Increased RAVImin was independently associated with a higher incidence of late-POAF.

CONCLUSIONS: In patients with and without AF history, late-POAF recurrences are frequent, including in patients undergoing surgical AF ablation. In patients with no history of AF, late-POAF might be predicted with excellent accuracy by using a combination of preoperative variables. In patients with a history of AF, signs of advanced AF substrate (eg, increased right atrial volumes) were associated with long-term AF recurrences. [Reappraisal of Atrial Fibrillation: Interaction Between Hypercoagulability, Electrical Remodeling, and Vascular Destabilisation in the Progression of AF; NCT03124576].

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Enthalten in:

JACC. Clinical electrophysiology - (2024) vom: 28. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gilbers, Martijn D [VerfasserIn]
Kawczynski, Michal J [VerfasserIn]
Bidar, Elham [VerfasserIn]
Maesen, Bart [VerfasserIn]
Isaacs, Aaron [VerfasserIn]
Winters, Joris [VerfasserIn]
Linz, Dominik [VerfasserIn]
Rienstra, Michiel [VerfasserIn]
van Gelder, Isabelle [VerfasserIn]
Maessen, Jos G [VerfasserIn]
Schotten, Ulrich [VerfasserIn]

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Cardiac surgery
Journal Article
Postoperative atrial fibrillation
Predictive models

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Date Revised 14.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03124576

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doi:

10.1016/j.jacep.2024.01.013

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369731174