2014 AATS guidelines for the prevention and management of perioperative atrial fibrillation and flutter for thoracic surgical procedures. Executive summary

摘要

Our mission was to develop evidence-based guidelines for the prevention and treatment of perioperative/postoperative atrial fibrillation and flutter (POAF) for thoracic surgical procedures. Sixteen experts were invited by the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) leadership: 7 cardiologists and electrophysiology specialists, 3 inten-sivists/anesthesiologists, 1 clinical pharmacist, joined by 5 thoracic and cardiac surgeons who represented AATS (see Online Data Supplement 1 for the list of members and Online Data Supplement 2 for the conflict of interest declaration online). Members were tasked with making recommendations based on a review of the literature, with grading the quality of the evidence supporting the recommendations, and with assessing the risk-benefit profile for each recommendation (Table 1). Members were specifically asked to assess the applicability of the available evidence to patients undergoing thoracic surgery (detailed methodology can be found online).