Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery: Benign or Deserving of Prophylaxis

Citation : Stephen Westaby.Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery: Benign or Deserving of Prophylaxis .JAFIB.2010 December;Volume 2 Issue(3): 835-838.

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.