Atrial arrhythmias following lung transplantation: A state of the art review

Table 1 Meta-analyses of atrial arrhythmias following lung transplantation

Ref.	Year	No. of studies	Total cases	AA	Conclusions
Saglietto et al[5]	2021	7	2068		This study looked only at late AA. Late atrial fibrillation rare–especially in double lung transplant (incidence rate only 0.9%/year)
Saad et al[7]	2017	12	3203	27%	Early AA increases mortality and hospital stay. Predictors of early AA are elderly age, male sex, smoking, HT, hyperlipidaemia, CAD, increased LA diameter, and restrictive lung disease
Waldron et al[8]	2017	9	2653	29.8%	AA was associated with higher mortality, longer hospital stays, increased need for tracheostomy
Fan et al[9]	2016	11	2094	31%	Risk factors include elderly age, male, prior AA, cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung disease, CAD, HT, hyperlipidaemia, LA size. Increases mortality and hospital stay

AA: atrial arrhythmias; CAD: Coronary artery disease; HT: Hypertension; LA: Left atrium.