New-Onset Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Predicts Late Mortality After Mitral Valve Surgery Sander Bramer, MD, Albert H.M. van Straten, MD, PhD, Mohamed A. Soliman Hamad, MD, PhD, Krista C. van den Broek, PhD, Jos G. Maessen, MD, PhD, Eric Berreklouw, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 92, Issue 6, Pages 2091-2096 (December 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.06.079 Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Cumulative survival after mitral valve surgery (n = 856). (POAF = postoperative atrial fibrillation.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, 2091-2096DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.06.079) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Risk-adjusted cumulative late survival after mitral valve surgery (n = 790). (HR = hazard ratio; POAF = postoperative atrial fibrillation.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, 2091-2096DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.06.079) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Adjusted cumulative late survival after mitral valve surgery (n = 780) using propensity score. (HR = hazard ratio; POAF = postoperative atrial fibrillation.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, 2091-2096DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.06.079) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions