Konstantinos C Siontis1, Bernard J Gersh1, Susan A Weston2, Ruoxiang Jiang2, Véronique L Roger3, Peter A Noseworthy4, Alanna M Chamberlain5. 1. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (K.C.S., B.J.G.). 2. Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (S.A.W., R.J.). 3. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, and Epidemiology and Community Health Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland (V.L.R.). 4. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (P.A.N.). 5. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (A.M.C.).
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) after noncardiac surgery confers increased risks for ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA). How outcomes for postoperative AF after noncardiac surgery compare with those for AF occurring outside of the operative setting is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To compare the risks for ischemic stroke or TIA and other outcomes in patients with postoperative AF versus those with incident AF not associated with surgery. DESIGN: Cohort study. SETTING: Olmsted County, Minnesota. PARTICIPANTS: Patients with incident AF between 2000 and 2013. MEASUREMENTS: Patients were categorized as having AF occurring within 30 days of a noncardiac surgery (postoperative AF) or having AF unrelated to surgery (nonoperative AF). RESULTS: Of 4231 patients with incident AF, 550 (13%) had postoperative AF as their first-ever documented AF presentation. Over a mean follow-up of 6.3 years, 486 patients had an ischemic stroke or TIA and 2462 had subsequent AF; a total of 2565 deaths occurred. The risk for stroke or TIA was similar between those with postoperative AF and nonoperative AF (absolute risk difference [ARD] at 5 years, 0.1% [95% CI, -2.9% to 3.1%]; hazard ratio [HR], 1.01 [CI, 0.77 to 1.32]). A lower risk for subsequent AF was seen for patients with postoperative AF (ARD at 5 years, -13.4% [CI, -17.8% to -9.0%]; HR, 0.68 [CI, 0.60 to 0.77]). Finally, no difference was seen for cardiovascular death or all-cause death between patients with postoperative AF and nonoperative AF. LIMITATION: The population consisted predominantly of White patients; caution should be used when extrapolating the results to more racially diverse populations. CONCLUSION: Postoperative AF after noncardiac surgery is associated with similar risk for thromboembolism compared with nonoperative AF. Our findings have potentially important implications for the early postsurgical and subsequent management of postoperative AF. PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: National Institute on Aging.
BACKGROUND: Postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) after noncardiac surgery confers increased risks for ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA). How outcomes for postoperative AF after noncardiac surgery compare with those for AF occurring outside of the operative setting is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To compare the risks for ischemic stroke or TIA and other outcomes in patients with postoperative AF versus those with incident AF not associated with surgery. DESIGN: Cohort study. SETTING: Olmsted County, Minnesota. PARTICIPANTS: Patients with incident AF between 2000 and 2013. MEASUREMENTS: Patients were categorized as having AF occurring within 30 days of a noncardiac surgery (postoperative AF) or having AF unrelated to surgery (nonoperative AF). RESULTS: Of 4231 patients with incident AF, 550 (13%) had postoperative AF as their first-ever documented AF presentation. Over a mean follow-up of 6.3 years, 486 patients had an ischemic stroke or TIA and 2462 had subsequent AF; a total of 2565 deaths occurred. The risk for stroke or TIA was similar between those with postoperative AF and nonoperative AF (absolute risk difference [ARD] at 5 years, 0.1% [95% CI, -2.9% to 3.1%]; hazard ratio [HR], 1.01 [CI, 0.77 to 1.32]). A lower risk for subsequent AF was seen for patients with postoperative AF (ARD at 5 years, -13.4% [CI, -17.8% to -9.0%]; HR, 0.68 [CI, 0.60 to 0.77]). Finally, no difference was seen for cardiovascular death or all-cause death between patients with postoperative AF and nonoperative AF. LIMITATION: The population consisted predominantly of White patients; caution should be used when extrapolating the results to more racially diverse populations. CONCLUSION: Postoperative AF after noncardiac surgery is associated with similar risk for thromboembolism compared with nonoperative AF. Our findings have potentially important implications for the early postsurgical and subsequent management of postoperative AF. PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: National Institute on Aging.
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