Clinical Insights to Complete and Incomplete Surgical Revascularization in Atrial Fibrillation and Multivessel Coronary Disease.

Objectives: Although endorsed by international guidelines, complete revascularization (CR) with Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) remains underused. In higher-risk patients such as those with pre-operative atrial fibrillation (AF), the effects of CR are not well studied.

Methods: We analyzed patients' data from the HEIST (HEart surgery In AF and Supraventricular Tachycardia) registry.

Permanent pacemaker implantation after valve and arrhythmia surgery in patients with preoperative atrial fibrillation.

Background: Among patients referred for cardiac surgery, atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common comorbidity and a risk factor for postoperative arrhythmias (eg, sinus node dysfunction, atrioventricular heart block), including those requiring permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and long-term survival of postoperative PPM implantation in patients with preoperative AF who underwent valve surgery with or without concomitant procedures.

Methods: Presented analysis pertains to the HEIST (HEart surgery In atrial fibrillation and Supraventricular Tachycardia) registry.