Long-term risk of heart failure in patients with postoperative atrial fibrillation following non-cardiac surgery: Insights from a nationwide cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with heart failure (HF). However, it is unclear if postoperative AF (POAF) following non-cardiac surgery differs from non-surgical AF in terms of the risk of HF. We compared the long-term rate of incident HF in patients developing new-onset POAF following non-cardiac surgery with patients who did not develop POAF following non-cardiac surgery and patients with non-surgical non-valvular AF (NVAF).

Methods and results

Using Danish nationwide registries, all patients aged ≥30 years who developed POAF following non-cardiac surgery (1996-2020) were identified and matched in a 1:3 ratio by age, sex, surgery type (only for the surgery group), selected comorbidities, and inclusion year with patients without POAF following non-cardiac surge

SUBMITTER: Karacan MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11860733 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature