Project description:
In our study, patients received small heart monitors at the end of their coronary artery bypass surgery. These monitors were implanted under the skin of the chest and recorded the heart rhythm continuously for one year. We found that almost half of the patients developed new atrial fibrillation within the year of monitoring. This heart rhythm disturbance, leading to an irregular heartbeat, occurred mostly in the first 30 days and was uncommon later on. Over the whole year, patients spent only a very short amount of time in atrial fibrillation. Because this rhythm disturbance occurred mainly early after surgery and did not last long, the guideline recommended consideration of long term oral anticoagulation or “blood thinning” treatment in these patients should be carefully re evaluated.
Publication:
Herrmann FEM, Jeppsson A, Kirov H, Charitos EI, Dacian D, Brömsen J, Massberg S, Sadoni S, Doenst T, Juchem G, Hagl C. Long-Term Continuous Monitoring of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. JAMA, (2025).
Paper: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2839710
Submitting the Paper of the Month:
Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung is using the series “Paper of the Month” to report in an exemplary and hot-off-the-press style on the outstanding work being done by the scientists it supports. We regularly present publications which have recently appeared in especially renowned journals, have emerged from foundation funding and been given appropriate acknowledgment. This is done in the respective categories “Original Paper” and “Review”. In the case of each of these publications, the first author and/or senior author are being funded by the foundation.
We invite all project managers, fellowship recipients and members of graduate study programs to send their work in accordance with the stated criteria as proposal for Paper of the Month to Ms. Anne Asschenfeldt (a.asschenfeldt@ekfs.de).
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