Title

Role of beta-blockers in reducing post-operative atrial fibrillation following cardiac surgery

Authors

Kumari Sneha¹, Kalyan Kumar Saha^2,*, Srirupa Mandal¹, Samrat Smrutiranjan Sahoo³, Vinod Kumar⁴, Mukesh Kumar⁵ & Sommya Kumari⁶

Affiliation

¹Department of Anaesthesia, AIIMS, Kalyani, West Bengal, India; ²Department of Cardiology, AIIMS, Kalyani, West Bengal, India; ³Department of Orthopedics, AIIMS, Kalyani, West Bengal, India; ⁴Department of Urology, AIIMS, Kalyani, West Bengal, India; ⁵Department of Dentistry, AIIMS, Kalyani, West Bengal, India; ⁶Department of Dentistry, AIIMS Deoghar, Jharkhand, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Kumari Sneha - E - mail: kumari.anesth@aiimskalyani.edu.in
Kalyan Kumar Saha - E - mail: kalyan.cardio@aiimskalyani.edu.in
Srirupa Mandal - E - mail: srirupa1005@gmail.com
Samrat Smrutiranjan Sahoo - E - mail: samrat.ortho@aiimskalyani.edu.in
Vinod Kumar - E - mail: vinod.urol@aiimskalyani.edu.in
Mukesh Kumar - E - mail: mukesh.dental@aiimskalyani.edu.in
Sommya Kumari - E - mail: sommyakumari@gmail.com

Article Type

Review

Date

Received April 1, 2025; Revised April 30, 2025; Accepted April 30, 2025, Published April 30, 2025

Abstract

The evaluation of nine clinical investigations which studied 2,533 patients demonstrates beta-blockers reduce postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after cardiac surgical procedures effectively. It is known that beta-blockers successfully decreased the occurrence of postoperative atrial fibrillation 11.1% to 52.0%. Differences in patient characteristics and drug regimen make it difficult to determine the properly adjusted beta-blocker treatment for ideal results. Thus, beta-blocker therapy for reducing postoperative atrial fibrillation cases is relevant yet additional standard protocols must be created.

Keywords

Beta-blockers, postoperative atrial fibrillation, cardiac surgery

Citation

Sneha et al. Bioinformation 21(4): 774-782 (2025)

Edited by

Hiroj Bagde MDS, (PhD), PGDCR, PGDHHM, PGDL, PGDM

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.