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Patient-Reported Atrial Fibrillation After Septal Myectomy for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Friday, June 10, 2022

Submitted by

Mary Hammon

Source

Source Name: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.08.081

Author(s)

Daokun Sun, MD, MPH, Hartzell V. Schaff, MD, Rick A. Nishimura, MD, Jeffrey B. Geske, MD, Joseph A. Dearani, MD, Darrell B. Newman, MD, and Steve R. Ommen, MD

This study investigates the prevalence and risk factors of patient-reported postdischarge atrial fibrillation (AF) after septal myectomy for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. It found a correlation between incidence of patient-reported postdischarge AF and increased length of follow-up after septal myectomy, identified risk factors associated with chronicity of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, and found that earlier intervention may mitigate late atrial arrhythmias.