Recurrence of atrial fibrillation following non-cardiac surgery or acute illness: A common but rarely detected complication

Surgery-related cardiac stress: A susceptibility test of late atrial fibrillation recurrence?

“…Post-operative atrial fibrillation (POAF), defined by the documentation of new-onset AF within 96 h after surgery, occurs in approximately 30–50% of patients after cardiac surgery, 10–30% after non-cardiothoracic surgery and in 5–10% after vascular or large colorectal surgery [7] . Moreover, recurrence of AF following non-cardiac surgery is a common but rarely detected complication [8] . Many episodes of POAF are self-terminating and some are asymptomatic.…”