Posterior left pericardiotomy for the prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: an adaptive, single-centre, single-blind, randomised, controlled trial
Mario Gaudino, Tommaso Sanna, Karla V Ballman, N Bryce Robinson, Irbaz Hameed, Katia Audisio, Mohamed Rahouma, Antonino Di Franco, Giovanni J Soletti, Christopher Lau, Lisa Q Rong, Massimo Massetti, Marc Gillinov, Niv Ad, Pierre Voisine, J Michael DiMaio, Joanna Chikwe, Stephen E Fremes, Filippo Crea, John D Puskas, Leonard Girardi
Topics & Concepts
MedicineAtrial fibrillationPericardial effusionCardiac surgeryRandomized controlled trialCardiologyInternal medicineIncidence (geometry)ComplicationCardiothoracic surgerySurgeryAdverse effectClinical endpointPleural effusionAtrial flutterHeart diseaseAnesthesiaHeart failureRetrospective cohort studyMyocardial infarctionPremature atrial contractionFibrillationIntention-to-treat analysisAtrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesPericarditis and Cardiac TamponadeCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair