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Quin et al. Vessel Plus 2022;6:41 Vessel Plus
DOI: 10.20517/2574-1209.2021.119

Original Article Open Access

Department of veterans affairs post-coronary artery

bypass graft patients’ atrial fibrillation: 10-year
outcomes

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Jacquelyn A. Quin , G. Hossein Almassi , Joseph F. Collins , Brendan M. Carr , Frederick L. Grover , A.
Laurie W. Shroyer 8,9
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Department of Surgery, Cardiac Division, VA Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury, MA 02132, USA.
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Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgical Services, Clement J Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
53295, USA.
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Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
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Perry Point VA Medical Center, Perry Point, MD 21902, USA.
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Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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Department of Surgery, Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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Northport VA Medical Center, Northport, NY 11768, USA.
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Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
Correspondence to: Dr. Jacquelyn A. Quin, Department of Surgery, Cardiac Division, VA Boston Healthcare System, 1400 VFW
Parkway, Mail Code 112, West Roxbury, MA 02132, USA. E-mail: jacquelyn.quin@va.gov
How to cite this article: Quin JA, Almassi GH, Collins JF, Carr BM, Grover FL, Shroyer ALW. Department of veterans affairs post-
coronary artery bypass graft patients’ atrial fibrillation: 10-year outcomes. Vessel Plus 2022;6:41.
https://dx.doi.org/10.20517/2574-1209.2021.119
Received: 25 Aug 2021 First Decision: 20 Sep 2021 Revised: 11 Jan 2022 Accepted: 9 Feb 2022 Published: 4 Jul 2022
Academic Editor: Christopher Lau Copy Editor: Haixia Wang Production Editor: Haixia Wang
Abstract
Aim: This Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) research project evaluated the impact of postoperative atrial
fibrillation (POAF) upon 10-year outcomes for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) patients.

Methods: Veterans enrolled in the “Randomized On-/Off-pump Bypass” (ROOBY) trial with new-onset POAF
post-CABG were compared to those without POAF with respect to 10-year atrial fibrillation (AF) and mortality
rates. Multivariable logistic regression examined whether AF was independently associated with 10-year survival
after holding other preoperative risk factors constant.

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