Atrial Cardiomyopathy and Atrial Fibrillation in Cancer

Table 1

Epidemiological evidence of AF in patients with cancer.

Author	Cancer type	Study type	Patient number	Treatment	Correlation or hypothesis
Ji-Hyun Chin	Esophageal cancer	Retrospective observational study	583	Esophagectomy	Postoperatively developed AF was associated with mortality in esophageal cancer patients after esophagectomy
Satoshi Higuchi	Head and neck; lung cancer; gastrointestinal cancer	Prospective cohort study	799	Noncardiac surgery for definitive/suspected malignancy	Perioperative atrial fibrillation in noncardiac surgery was strongly associated with perioperative complications
Ara A. Vaporciyan	Thoracic cancer	Prospective study	2588	Thoracic surgery	The overall incidence of atrial fibrillation was 12.3%
Chung-Wah Siu	Colorectal cancer	Retrospectively study	563	Elective abdominal surgery	4.4% patients developed postoperative AF
Andrea Imperatori	Lung cancer	Retrospectively cohort study	454	Pulmonary lobectomy	AF predicts poorer long-term outcome in 5-year survivors