Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation and Long-Term Risk of Stroke After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery.
Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation and Long-Term Risk of Stroke After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery.
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DOI:
10.1161/circulationaha.120.046940
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发表时间:
2020-10-06
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37.8
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ART Investigators*
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Benedetto U;Gaudino MF;Dimagli A;Gerry S;Gray A;Lees B;Flather M;Taggart DP;ART Investigators*
Post-operative atrial fibrillation (pAF) following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a common complication. Whether pAF is associated with an increased risk of cerebrovascular accident (CVA) remains uncertain. We investigated the association between pAF and long-term risk of CVA by performing a post-hoc analysis of 10-year outcomes of the Arterial Revascularization Trial (ART). For the present analysis, among patients enrolled in the ART (n=3102), we excluded those who did not undergo surgery (n=25), had a prior history of atrial fibrillation (n=45), or had no information regarding the incidence of pAF (n=9). The final population consisted of 3023 patients of whom 734 (24.3%) developed pAF with the remaining 2289 maintaining sinus rhythm (SR). Competing risk and Cox regression analysis were used to investigate the association between pAF and the risk of CVA. At 10 years, the cumulative incidence of CVA was 6.3% (4.6–8.1) vs 3.7% (2.9–4.5) in patients with pAF and SR respectively. pAF was an independent predictor of CVA at 10 years (HR 1.53; 95%CI 1.06–2.23; P-value=0.025) even when CVAs that occurred during the index admission were excluded from the analysis (HR 1.47; 95% 1.02–2.11; P=0.04). Patients with pAF after CABG are at higher risk of CVA. These findings challenge the notion that pAF is a benign complication.