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ArticleJournal of medicine and life2025

Inflammatory biomarkers for predicting postoperative atrial fibrillation in cardiac surgery.

Raluca-Elisabeta Staicu, Alina-Ramona Cozlac, Marius Emil Sintean, Alina Gabriela Negru, Florin Gorun, Sebastian Ciurescu, Corina Vernic, Ana Lascu, Petru Deutsch, Florin Horhat and 1 more

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Article in Journal of medicine and life, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Raluca-Elisabeta StaicuDoctoral School Medicine-Pharmacy, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania.
Alina-Ramona CozlacDepartment VI Cardiology-Cardiovascular Surgery, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania.
Marius Emil SinteanClinic of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania.
Alina Gabriela NegruDepartment VI Cardiology-Cardiovascular Surgery, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania.
Florin GorunObstetrics And Gynecology, Timisoara Clinical Municipal Emergency Hospital, Timisoara, Romania.
Sebastian CiurescuDoctoral School Medicine-Pharmacy, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania.
Corina VernicDepartment III Functional Sciences-Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania.
Ana LascuDepartment III Functional Sciences-Pathophysiology, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania.
Petru DeutschClinic of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania.
Florin HorhatDepartment of Microbiology, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania.
Elena Cecilia RoscaDepartment of Neurology, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is a frequent complication of cardiac surgery associated with adverse outcomes. Systemic inflammation is implicated in POAF pathogenesis, suggesting inflammatory biomarkers may have predictive value. This study investigated the predictive capacity of readily accessible inflammatory markers for POAF during the early postoperative period in the cardiac intensive care unit, particularly within the 48-72-hour window when POAF most commonly occurs. In this prospective, single-center study, we enrolled 70 patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. We measured preoperative and postoperative (24h, 48h) levels of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), systemic inflammatory response index (SIRI), C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and interleukin-17A (IL-17A). POAF was systematically monitored. We assessed the predictive value of these markers using ROC curve analysis and logistic regression, adjusting for clinical risk factors. The coronary cohort showed that the NLR at both 24 hours and 48 hours were the most discriminative markers for predicting POAF, with PCR at 48 hours achieving a moderate AUC of 0.66. In multivariate regression models, PCR at 48 hours (

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Atrial FibrillationBiomarkersCardiac Surgical ProceduresInflammationPostoperative ComplicationsAgedC-Reactive ProteinFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeutrophilsProspective StudiesRisk FactorsBiomarkersC-Reactive Proteinatrial fibrillationcardiac surgeryC-reactive proteinIL-17AIL-6inflammationneutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR)systemic inflammatory response index (SIRI)

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