Impaired mitochondrial response to simulated ischemic injury as a predictor of the development of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: In vitro study in human myocardium

This study has identified for the first time an association between mitochondrial dysfunction in response to ischemia and postoperative atrial fibrillation. This finding improves our understanding of the pathophysiology of postoperative atrial fibrillation and may eventually lead us to identify candidates for selective preoperative or early postoperative prophylactic treatment.