1. Atrial fibrillation after esophagectomy is a marker for postoperative morbidity and mortality 
Sudish C Murthy, MD, PhD, Simon Law, MBBChir, MS, FRCSEd, FACS, Brian P Whooley, MD, Andreas Alexandrou, MD, Kent-Man Chu, MBBS, MS, FRCSEd, FACS, John Wong, PhD, FRACS, FACS 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 126, Issue 4, Pages (October 2003)
DOI: /S (03)

2. Figure 1
Hospital mortality rates after esophagectomy of patients with and without postoperative AF. Although there is a decreased mortality rate during the most recent experience, AF remains associated with poor postoperative outcome throughout the study period.
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (03) )