Open AccessAge and neo-adjuvant chemotherapy increase the risk of atrial fibrillation following oesophagectomy
Author(s) -
Vinay Rao,
E Addae-Boateng,
A. Barua,
Antonio E. Martin-Ucar,
John P. Duffy
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1093/ejcts/ezs085
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , logistic regression , receiver operating characteristic , multivariate analysis , esophagectomy , esophageal cancer , univariate analysis , incidence (geometry) , chemotherapy , adjuvant chemotherapy , surgery , cardiology , cancer , breast cancer , physics , optics
Atrial tachyarrhythmias occur in up to 25% of patients after major thoracic surgery. We examined risk factors for new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) following oesophagectomy in an attempt to guide prophylactic use of anti-arrhythmic strategies.
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