Preoperative Atrial Fibrillation is associated with long-term morTality in patients undergoing suRgical AortiC valvE Replacement
Mohamed Farag MSc PhD 1,2*, Yusuf Kiberu MD1*, S Ashwin Reddy MD 1, Ahmad Shoaib MD 3, Mohaned Egred BSc MD 4, Unni Krishnan PhD 1, Mina Fares MD1, Marta Peverelli MD 1, Diana A Gorog MD PhD 2, Walid Elmahdy MSc PhD1, Marius Berman MD 1, Mohamed Osman MSc PhD 1; AF-TRACER investigators
  1. Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
  2. Postgraduate Medical School, University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, UK
  3. Keele University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
  4. Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
* Joint first authors