New-onset atrial fibrillation after coronary surgery and stroke risk: a nationwide cohort study
Amar Taha, Andreas Martinsson, Susanne J Nielsen, Mary Rezk, Aldina Pivodic, Tomas Gudbjartsson, Florian Ernst Martin Herrmann, Lennart B Bergfeldt, Anders Jeppsson · 2024
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Amar Taha and co-authors study stroke risk in the year after heart bypass surgery when a new irregular heartbeat appears, in a 2024 paper. Swedish registry data covered more than ten thousand patients who developed the rhythm problem after surgery between 2007 and 2020.
Among patients sent home without blood thinners, about three percent had a stroke within a year. Prior stroke was the strongest warning sign, with age, heart failure, and past heart attack also raising risk. Two standard risk scores predicted stroke about equally well. Strikingly, most patients whose scores called for thinners were not discharged on them. The authors flag a treatment gap worth closing.
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| CREATOR | Amar Taha, Andreas Martinsson, Susanne J Nielsen, Mary Rezk, Aldina Pivodic, Tomas Gudbjartsson, Florian Ernst Martin Herrmann, Lennart B Bergfeldt, Anders Jeppsson |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |