Association between obesity and postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing cardiac operations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Association between obesity and postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing cardiac operations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

In a systematic review and random effects meta-analysis, we evaluated whether obesity is associated with postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Eighteen observational studies that excluded patients with preoperative AF were selected until December 2011 (n=36...

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Main Authors: Hernández, Adrian V., Kaw, Roop, Pasupuleti, Vinay, Bina, Pouya, P. A. Ioannidis, John, Bueno, Hector, Boersma, Eric, Gillinov, Marc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2014
Subjects:
Obesity
Atrial fibrillation
Flutter
Cardiac surgery
Statistics
meta-analysis
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10757/322422

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