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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:1756-1757
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: Cardiovascular

Invited commentary

T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr, MD

Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, 600 Moye Ave, Greenville, NC 27858-4354

(Email: tbruceferg732@pol.net; fergusont@ecu.edu).

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This is another elegant investigation from the Cleveland Clinic cardiovascular surgical experience and the Atrial Fibrillation Innovation Center [1]. It brings together two of the most vexing postoperative care issues in cardiac surgery, namely, the need for red blood cell (RBC) transfusion and the occurrence of postoperative atrial fibrillation. That they may be linked, as suggested by this investigation, has not been previously established.

Table 1 illustrates that overall, the patients who have postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) develop have . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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