Editorial review: guidance for future atrial fibrillation research

Abstract

The following is a brief review and commentary covering the content of the Special Issue of Vessel Plus entitled Current state of knowledge: Atrial Fibrillation and Cardiac Surgery. All articles in this issue are highlighted with a brief comment for the busy reader, the idea being to facilitate and encourage reading of the original work.

Keywords

Editorial review / atrial fibrillation / cardiac surgery / postoperative

References

[1] Shroyer AL,VillaNueva CB.The processes, structures, and outcomes of care in cardiac surgery study protocol.Medical Care1995;33:OS17-25

[2] The processes, structures, and outcomes of care in cardiac surgery. Department of veterans affairs cooperative study in health services no. 5.Med Care1995;33:OS1-108

[3] Shroyer AL,Sethi GK,Grover FL.Relationships between patient-related risk factors, processes, structures, and outcomes of cardiac surgical care conceptual models.Med Care1995;33:OS26-34

[4] O’Brien MM,Grunwald GK.Relationship between processes of care and coronary bypass operative mortality and morbidity.Med Care2004;42:59-70.

[5] Almassi GH,Nicolosi AC.Atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: a major morbid event?.Ann Surg1997;226:501-13 PMCID:PMC1191069

[6] Rubin DA,Reed GE.Predictors, prevention, and long-term prognosis of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass graft operations.J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg1987; 94:331-5

[7] Chan J,Chu TSM,Kwan LYA.The 100 most cited manuscripts in coronary artery bypass grafting.J Card Surg2019;34:782-7

[8] Oo S,Khare Y.Top 100 cited manuscripts in aortic valve replacement: a bibliometric analysis.J Card Surg2020;35:2943-9

[9] Bilfinger TV.Daily atrial fibrillation issues: the view-point of a practicing surgeon.Vessel Plus2022;6:40

[10] Waterford SD,Ad M,Spellman C.Amiodarone and postoperative atrial fibrillation.Vessel Plus2022;6:28

[11] Quin JA,Collins JF,Grover FL.Department of veterans affairs post-coronary artery bypass graft patients’ atrial fibrillation: 10-year outcomes.Vessel Plus2022;6:41

[12] Dokko J,Santore LA,Bilfinger T.Incidence, etiology, and outcomes of pre- and post-operative atrial fibrillation in mitral valve procedures: a review.Vessel Plus2022;6:37

[13] Tummala V,Yaligar A,Bilfinger T.Pre-operative and post-operative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing SAVR/TAVR.Vessel Plus2022;6:17

[14] Novotny S,Zhang X.Preoperative atrial fibrillation/flutter impact on risk-adjusted repeat aortic intervention patients.Vessel Plus2022;6:51

[15] Rademacher N,Almassi GH.Stroke risk and anticoagulation in the setting of post-cardiac surgery atrial fibrillation: a systematic review of the literature.Vessel Plus2022;6:39

[16] Dokko J, Novotny S, Kolba N, et al. Predictors and risk-adjusted outcomes of new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation in repeat surgical and valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement.Vessel Plus2022;6:53

[17] Obeid JM,Mclarty AJ,Bilfinger TV.Atrial fibrillation in mechanical circulatory support patients.Vessel Plus2022;6:43

[18] PTSD: national center for PTSD. How common is PTSD in adults? Available from: https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understand/common/common_adults.asp [Last accessed on 16 May 2024]

[19] National Institutes of Mental Health. Transforming the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses. Any anxiety disorder. Available from: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/any-anxiety-disorder [Last accessed on 16 May 2024]

[20] Kolba N,Novotny S.No mental illness impact on post-aortic valve replacement patients' new-onset atrial fibrillation.Vessel Plus2023;7:12

[21] Kuruvilla AS,Yaligar A.A literature review: pre-/post-operative atrial fibrillation for thoracic aortic aneurysm procedures.Vessel Plus2022;6:45

[22] Pardo D,Rove JY.Improving future postoperative atrial fibrillation care: a 30,000-foot viewpoint.Vessel Plus2022;6:36

[23] Rove JY,Shroyer AL.Taking on the elephant in the room-postoperative atrial fibrillation: a clinical program management perspective.Vessel Plus2022;6:55

[24] Shroyer AL,Wagner BD.Improving quality of care in cardiac surgery: evaluating risk factors, processes of care, structures of care, and outcomes.Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth2008;12:140-52

[25] Massarweh NN,Itani KMF.Practical guide to surgical data sets: veterans affairs surgical quality improvement program (VASQIP).JAMA Surg2018;153:768-9

[26] Winkley Shroyer AL,Shahian DM.The society of thoracic surgeons adult cardiac surgery database: the driving force for improvement in cardiac surgery.Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg2015;27:144-51

[27] Anderson HV,Brindis RG.Risk-adjusted mortality analysis of percutaneous coronary interventions by American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines recommendations.Am J Cardiol2007;99:189-96

[28] Pardo D,Bilfinger TV.Global variation in the incidence of new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac and non-cardiac surgery: a systematic review.Vessel Plus2022;6:50

[29] Hawkins RB,Joseph M.Postoperative atrial fibrillation is associated with increased resource utilization after cardiac surgery: a regional analysis of the Southeastern United States.Vessel Plus2022;6:42

[30] Bishawi M,Almassi GH.Preoperative factors associated with worsening in health-related quality of life following coronary artery bypass grafting in the randomized on/off bypass (ROOBY) trial.Am Heart J2018;198:33-8

[31] Plomondon ME,Humble CG.Factors influencing risk-adjusted patient satisfaction after coronary artery bypass grafting.Am J Cardiol2003;92:206-8

[32] MaWhinney S,Malcolm J.Identification of risk factors for increased cost, charges, and length of stay for cardiac patients.Ann Thorac Surg2000;70:702-10

[33] Donabedian A,Wyszewianski L.Quality, cost, and health an integrative model.Med Care1982;20:975-92