RT Book, Section
A1 Melby, Spencer J.
A1 Damiano, Jr., Ralph J.
A2 Cohn, Lawrence H.
SR Print(0)
ID 55927820
T1 Chapter 58. Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation
T2 Cardiac Surgery in the Adult, 4e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-163310-9
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55927820
RD 2024/04/20
AB Atrial  fibrillation  (AF)  is  the  most  common  arrhythmia  in  the  world.  It  is  associated  with  significant  morbidity  and  mortality  secondary  to  its  detrimental  sequelae:  (1)  palpitations  resulting  in  patient  discomfort  and  anxiety;  (2)  loss  of  atrioventricular  (AV)  synchrony,  which  can  compromise  cardiac  hemodynamics,  resulting  in  various  degrees  of  ventricular  dysfunction  or  congestive  heart  failure;  (3)  stasis  of  blood  flow  in  the  left  atrium,  increasing  the  risk  of  thromboembolism  and  stroke.1–10