Commentary: Postoperative atrial fibrillation: “No magic bullet”

In this issue of the Journal, Almassi and colleagues1 reference a 2012 article2 analyzing a subgroup of the Veterans Affairs Randomized On/Off Bypass follow-up study (ROOBY-FS).3 In 2012, Almassi's group compared patients who developed atrial fibrillation during the hospitalization for the index procedure—postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF)—and those who did not. They had previously reported risk-adjusted poorer outcomes and increase cost...