Obesity and postoperative atrial fibrillation. Is there no connection? Comment on: Wanahita et al. "atrial fibrillation and obesity--results of a meta-analysis"

Am Heart J. 2008 Jul;156(1):e5. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.03.028.
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Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Atrial Fibrillation / epidemiology
  • Atrial Fibrillation / etiology*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Meta-Analysis as Topic
  • Obesity / complications*
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
  • Postoperative Complications / epidemiology
  • Reference Values
  • Risk Assessment
  • Survival Rate