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Date: Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 4:55 AM
Subject: Incidence of atrial fibrillation after extrapleural pneumonectomy versus pleurectomy in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma.
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[1]Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2008 Jul 9;
Neragi-Miandoab S, Winer S, Sugarbaker DJ
Extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) and pleurectomy are the surgical procedures for the treatment of pleural mesothelioma. However, EPP increases the risk for postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) in this patient population, which might be partly explained by increase in right heart stress after EPP. We conducted a retrospective chart review of 130 patients who were treated for malignant pleural mesothelioma with either pleurectomy or EPP between 2001 and 2003 in a single institution. Risk factors for AF were evaluated with logistic regression and the postoperative AF events were evaluated. The absence of a history of cardiac arrhythmia was an inclusion criterion. Seventy patients (excluding the 3 patients with a prior history of AF) underwent EPP and 57 patients underwent pleurectomy. The mean ages were 60+/-11 and 63+/-13, and the male to female ratios were 50/20 and 44/13, respectively. Postoperative AF was observed in 45 patients with 36 (51%) of these cases occurring after EPP and 9 (17%) after pleurectomy (p
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From: HubMed - mesothelioma cancer <rssfwd@rssfwd.com>
Date: Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 4:55 AM
Subject: Incidence of atrial fibrillation after extrapleural pneumonectomy versus pleurectomy in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma.
To: mesothelioma77@gmail.com
[1]Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2008 Jul 9;
Neragi-Miandoab S, Winer S, Sugarbaker DJ
Extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) and pleurectomy are the surgical procedures for the treatment of pleural mesothelioma. However, EPP increases the risk for postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) in this patient population, which might be partly explained by increase in right heart stress after EPP. We conducted a retrospective chart review of 130 patients who were treated for malignant pleural mesothelioma with either pleurectomy or EPP between 2001 and 2003 in a single institution. Risk factors for AF were evaluated with logistic regression and the postoperative AF events were evaluated. The absence of a history of cardiac arrhythmia was an inclusion criterion. Seventy patients (excluding the 3 patients with a prior history of AF) underwent EPP and 57 patients underwent pleurectomy. The mean ages were 60+/-11 and 63+/-13, and the male to female ratios were 50/20 and 44/13, respectively. Postoperative AF was observed in 45 patients with 36 (51%) of these cases occurring after EPP and 9 (17%) after pleurectomy (p
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Source: http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18614551
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