2009
Variation in the 4q25 Chromosomal Locus Predicts Atrial Fibrillation After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Body SC, Collard CD, Shernan SK, Fox AA, Liu KY, Ritchie MD, Perry T, Muehlschlegel JD, Aranki S, Donahue BS, Pretorius M, Estrada JC, Ellinor PT, Newton-Cheh C, Seidman CE, Seidman JG, Herman; D, Lichtner P, Meitinger T, Pfeufer A, Kääb S, Brown NJ, Roden DM, Darbar D. Variation in the 4q25 Chromosomal Locus Predicts Atrial Fibrillation After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. Circulation Genomic And Precision Medicine 2009, 2: 499-506. PMID: 20031626, PMCID: PMC2801871, DOI: 10.1161/circgenetics.109.849075.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryArtery bypass graft surgeryPostoperative atrial fibrillationBypass graft surgeryGraft surgeryAtrial fibrillationSingle nucleotide polymorphismsValidation cohortDiscovery cohortCardiac surgery cohortConcurrent valve surgeryCommon adverse eventsCohort of patientsAdditive odds ratioMultiple comparisonsChromosome 4q25 variantsSurgery cohortValve surgeryAdverse eventsClinical predictorsAmbulatory populationOdds ratioClinical covariatesUS CentersMultivariate predictors
2008
Milrinone Use Is Associated With Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery
Fleming GA, Murray KT, Yu C, Byrne JG, Greelish JP, Petracek MR, Hoff SJ, Ball SK, Brown NJ, Pretorius M. Milrinone Use Is Associated With Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery. Circulation 2008, 118: 1619-1625. PMID: 18824641, PMCID: PMC2770257, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.108.790162.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAtrial FibrillationCardiac Surgical ProceduresCardiotonic AgentsCoronary DiseaseElective Surgical ProceduresFemaleHumansHypertensionLength of StayLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMilrinoneMitral Valve InsufficiencyMultivariate AnalysisPostoperative ComplicationsPulmonary Wedge PressureRisk FactorsConceptsPostoperative atrial fibrillationPulmonary artery pressureElective cardiac surgeryMilrinone useMitral valve surgeryAtrial fibrillationCardiac surgeryArtery pressureValve surgeryInotropic drugsEjection fractionRisk factorsLow preoperative ejection fractionHigh pulmonary artery pressurePerioperative risk factorsPreoperative ejection fractionRight ventricular dysfunctionIndependent risk factorPulmonary artery catheterMultivariable logistic regressionProlong hospitalizationVentricular dysfunctionArtery catheterFrequent complicationVentricular function
2007
Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 as a Predictor of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Pretorius M, Donahue BS, Yu C, Greelish JP, Roden DM, Brown NJ. Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 as a Predictor of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Circulation 2007, 116: i-1-i-7. PMID: 17846288, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.106.677906.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostoperative atrial fibrillationPAI-1 antigen concentrationsCardiopulmonary bypassAtrial fibrillationPlasminogen activator inhibitor-1Remote historyIndependent predictorsActivator inhibitor-1Antigen concentrationPAI-1Development of AFRisk of AFInhibitor-1Administration of protaminePreoperative PAI-1Elective cardiac surgeryTime of surgeryPAI-1 concentrationsBlood of patientsHospital stayValve surgeryAdult patientsYounger patientsCardiac surgerySignificant morbidity