Nutritional Indices and Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation: The Triglyceride-Cholesterol-Body Weight Index

Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is one of the most common complications after cardiac surgery and the most common cause of secondary atrial fibrillation (AF). Although it occurs at different rates depending on the type of cardiac operation, it has been reported to occur in approximately 20% of patients after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Despite technological advances and all the preventive strategies developed, it is still relatively common., POAF increases the length and cost of hospitalization and is associated with [...]