University thesis:
Dissertation, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 2023
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Description:
Postoperative atrial fibrillation (poAF) is one of the most common complications after cardiac surgery and is associated with increased mortality and morbidity for the patients affected. Since the interplay of clinical and electrophysiological risk factors is not yet fully understood, both were investigated in detail in the present study and combined in a prediction score. First, atrial function was assessed using strain analysis, a technique that can measure the deformation of the atrial wall on the basis of echocardiographic images and visualise it over the course of a cardiac cycle. Sign...