atrial fibrillation (af) is the most common complication of coronary artery bypass graft surgery (cabg). the reported incidence of af after cabg varies from 20% to 40%. postoperative af (poaf) is associated with increased incidence of hemodynamic instability, thromboembolic events, longer hospital stays, and increased health care costs. a variety of pharmacological and nonpharmacological strate...

background prolonged intensive care unit (icu) and hospital stay after cardiac surgery is vitally important and is influenced by both intraoperative and postoperative factors. objectives this randomized clinical trial study was designed to assess whether vitamin c supplementation could reduce the length of icu and hospital stay in post-cardiac surgery patients. patients and methods two hundred ...

background: atrial fibrillation (af) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and an independent risk factor for stroke among the elderly. a role for inflammation in the atrial remodeling as well as development and recurrence of af is known. objective: to compare il-17a between patients with different types of af and healthy individuals. methods: il-17a was measured in sera of 112 patients and 107...

Introduction Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) have been shown to improve survival in patients with ischemic or nonischemic cardiomyopathy when used for primary and secondary prevention settings. The limitations of transvenous ICDs include postimplant adverse events, defibrillator lead failure, and inappropriate shocks for atrial tachyarrhythmias due to fast ventricular response ra...

Mitral valve (MV) prolapse (MVP) is characterized by fibromyxomatous changes in themitral leaflet tissue, with superior displacement of one or both leaflets into the left atrium. It is not an uncommon finding on echocardiographic screening, afflicting 2e3% of the general population, though most of them remain asymptomatic [1e3]. MVP can be distinguished into primary (nonsyndromic) and secondary...

CONTEXT Although amiodarone is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration only for refractory ventricular arrhythmias, it is one of the most frequently prescribed antiarrhythmic medications in the United States. OBJECTIVE To evaluate and synthesize evidence regarding optimal use of amiodarone for various arrhythmias. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION Systematic search of MEDLINE to identify peer-re...

Atrial fibrillation affects at least 1% of the population and causes marked society-wide morbidity and mortality. Current management of atrial fibrillation including antithrombotic therapy and management of concomitant conditions in all patients, rate control therapy in most patients, and rhythm control therapy in patients with severe atrial fibrillation-related symptoms can alleviate atrial fi...

BACKGROUND Atrial fibrillation can be categorized into nonpermanent and permanent atrial fibrillation. There is less information on permanent than on nonpermanent atrial fibrillation patients. This analysis aimed to describe the characteristics and current management, including the proportion of patients with successful atrial fibrillation control, of these atrial fibrillation subsets in a larg...

BACKGROUND We report the predictors of long-term outcomes of symptomatic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients undergoing surgical relief of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied 699 consecutive patients who have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with severe symptomatic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (47±11 years, 63% male) intractable to maximal medi...