Successfully treating heart rhythm disorder improves long-term survival for cardiac surgery patients with atrial fibrillation
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2012. A recent study conducted by Northwestern Medicine® researchers published in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, reveals that patients with an abnormal heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation (A-fib) who are undergoing cardiac surgery, have a lower long-term survival rate compared with patients who are in sinus rhythm, which is the normal beating of the heart.…
