Impact of Obesity on Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence Following Stand-Alone Cox Maze IV Procedure | Zendy

Robert M. MacGregor | Zendy; Ali J. Khiabani | Zendy; Nadia H. Bakir | Zendy; Meghan O. Kelly | Zendy; Samuel Perez | Zendy; Hersh S. Maniar | Zendy; Richard B. Schuessler | Zendy; Marc R. Moon | Zendy; Spencer J. Melby | Zendy; Ralph J. Damiano | Zendy

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Impact of Obesity on Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence Following Stand-Alone Cox Maze IV Procedure

Author(s) -

Robert M. MacGregor,

Ali J. Khiabani,

Nadia H. Bakir,

Meghan O. Kelly,

Samuel Perez,

Hersh S. Maniar,

Richard B. Schuessler,

Marc R. Moon,

Spencer J. Melby,

Ralph J. Damiano

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

innovations technology and techniques in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.467

H-Index - 24

eISSN - 1559-0879

pISSN - 1556-9845

DOI - 10.1177/15569845211017176

Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , body mass index , sinus rhythm , cardiology , catheter ablation , obesity , ablation , logistic regression , diabetes mellitus , proportional hazards model , surgery , endocrinology

Obesity is a strong and independent factor for the development of atrial fibrillation (AF), and adversely impacts the success of catheter ablation procedures for AF. This study evaluated the impact of body mass index (BMI) on the outcomes following surgical ablation of AF.

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