Preoperative left atrial volume index may be associated with postoperative atrial fibrillation in non-cardiac surgery

BackgroundPostoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is related to mortality after non-cardiac surgery. Left atrial volume index (LAVI) is known to be associated with prognosis and development of atrial fibrillation, but it has not been fully investigated in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery.Mat...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Main Authors:	Ah Ran Oh, Sung Ho Lee, Jungchan Park, Jong-Hwan Lee, Dahye Cha, Kwangmo Yang, Jin-Ho Choi, Joonghyun Ahn, Ji Dong Sung, Bogeum Choi, Seung-Hwa Lee
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Subjects:	non-cardiac surgery atrial fibrillation left atrial volume index echocardiography postoperative cardiac complications
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2022.1008718/full