Preoperative mental illness and postoperative atrial fibrillation in cardiac surgery patients: Identifying a vulnerable population

J Clin Transl Sci. 2022 Nov 15;7(1):e15. doi: 10.1017/cts.2022.493. eCollection 2023.

Natalie K Kolba¹, Byungho Lee¹, Henry J Tannous^{1

2}, Thomas V Bilfinger^{1

2}, Annie L Shroyer^{1

2}

¹ Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA.
² Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Atrial fibrillation; anxiety; cardiac surgery; comparative effectiveness research; depression; mental illness; risk factors.