Impact of obesity on post-operative arrhythmias after congenital heart surgery in children and young adults.

Radbill AE, Smith AH, Van Driest SL, Fish FA, Bichell DP, Mettler BA, Christian KG, Edwards TL, Kannankeril PJ. Impact of obesity on post-operative arrhythmias after congenital heart surgery in children and young adults. Cardiology in the young. 2022 Nov;32(32). 1820-1825. PMID: 34986912 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC9256859 NIHMSID: NIHMS1763550.

Abstract

Obesity increases the risk of post-operative arrhythmias in adults undergoing cardiac surgery, but little is known regarding the impact of obesity on post-operative arrhythmias after CHD surgery.