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  2. AFib Risk: Potassium Less Necessary After Heart Surgery ... - AOL

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    They explained that AFib after cardiac surgery (AFACS) is the most frequent postoperative adverse event. It affects about 30% of people after a CABG procedure. About 90% of people who develop ...

  3. Potassium supplementation may help prevent AFib after heart ...

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    Atrial fibrillation is the most common clinical arrhythmia worldwide, and nearly one-third of people who undergo cardiac surgery experience it. Potassium, along with other electrolytes, plays an ...

  4. Atrial fibrillation - Wikipedia

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    Concomitant AF surgery is more likely to lead to the person being free from atrial fibrillation and off medications long-term after surgery and Cox-Maze IV procedure is the gold standard treatment. There is a slightly increased risk of needing a pacemaker following the procedure.

  5. Heart Failure, Not Stroke, Is Most Common Complication of ...

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    Lifetime risk of AFib has increased with 1 in 3 people at risk for the condition at some point during their lives. The CDC estimates that 12.1 million U.S. adults will have atrial fibrillation by ...

  6. Left atrial appendage occlusion - Wikipedia

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    The ULTRASEAL LAA device, from Cardia, is a percutaneous, transcatheter device intended to prevent thrombus embolization from the left atrial appendage in patients who have non-valvular atrial fibrillation. As with all Cardia devices (such as: Atrial Septal Defect Closure Device or Patent Foramen Ovale Closure Device), the Ultraseal is fully ...

  7. Cox maze procedure - Wikipedia

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    The Cox maze procedure, also known as maze procedure, is a type of heart surgery for atrial fibrillation. "Maze" refers to the series of incisions arranged in a maze -like pattern in the atria . Today, various methods of minimally invasive maze procedures, collectively named minimaze procedures , are used.