Vancouver, British Columbia—New-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) after surgery still occurs frequently among cardiac surgery patients, despite advances in therapeutic options, and leads to significantly more morbidity.
“Atrial fibrillation is the most common postoperative complication in cardiac surgery, has numerous negative effects on patients and is very costly for the health care system as a whole,” said Jean Abboud, MSc, a medical student and research assistant at the