Atrial Fibrillation Surgery in Australia: Are We Doing Enough?
The burden of concomitant AF in patients undergoing cardiac surgery in Australia is higher than previously reported (14% vs 5%-11%). Despite strong recommendation for the surgical management of AF in patients undergoing cardiac surgery and clear evidence of its benefit, both left atrial appendage ligation and surgical ablation independently or concomitantly remain heavily underutilised in this cohort.
Authors
- Frazer Kirk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6655-1778)
- Andrie Stroebel
- Matthew S. Yong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5866-0034)
- Cheng He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1426-0124)
- Lavinia Tran
- Andrew Newcomb
Institutions
- Gold Coast Hospital (AU)
- St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Heart Lung and Circulation
- Published
- 2024-10-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2024.07.007
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.80
Funders
- Queensland Health
- Clinical Excellence Commission
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council