Table 4. Complications Associated with AF after ACS.

HR=Hazard Ratio, OR=Odds Ratio, N/A=Data Not Available, CVA=Cerebrovascular Accident, CHF=Congestive Heart Failure, VT=Ventricular Tachycardia, VF=Ventricular Fibrillation.

Author/Study	Publication Date	Follow-up	CVA	Length of Hospital Stay	In-Hospital Re-infarction	Major Bleeding	CHF	Cardiogenic Shock	VT	VF
Lau/ACACIA	2009	N/A	N/A	9.7 days vs 5.5 days	OR 3.7(2.0-7.0)	OR 5.8(3.1-10.6)	OR 3.1(1.7-5.7)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lopes	2008	30 days	NSTEMI HR 3.45(2.41-4.95), STEMI HR 1.46(1.17-	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Siu	2007	2 year	HR 5.1(2.4-11.2)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kober/VALIANT	2006	3 year	8.1% AF vs 3.7% no AF	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lehto/OPTIMAAL	2005	30 day	HR 14.6(5.87-36.3)	14.1 days vs 12.3 days	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kinjo/OACIS	2003	In-hospital	2.3% AF vs 0.6% no AF	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	34.8% vs 16.6%	15.7% vs 6.1%	27.3% vs 14.7%
Mehta/GRACE	2003	In-hospital	OR 1.33(0.80-2.20)	12.5 days vs 7.8 days	OR 2.0(1.37-2.93)	OR 1.64(1.25-2.14)	OR 2.83(2.27-3.52)	OR 2.4(1.88-3.06)	OR 1.97(1.56-1.25)
Goldberg	2002	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	55% vs 27%	12.8% vs 5.9%	N/A	N/A
Al-Khatib/PURSUIT	2001	6 months	HR 2.9(1.7-4.8)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pizetti/GISSI-III	2001	In-hospital	Not Significant	15 days vs 13 days	N/A	N/A	51.5% vs 23.6%	N/A	4.3% vs 1.9%	4.4% vs 2.3%
Rathore/CCP	2000	In-hospital	2.8% AF vs 1.7% no AF	11 days vs 7.6 days	4.4% vs 3.6%	N/A	60.1% vs 42.2%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wong(17)/GUSTO-III	2000	30 days	4% AF vs 2% no AF	N/A	9% vs 4%	N/A	44% vs 14%	14% vs 3%	10% vs 3%	10% vs 4%
Pedersen(33)/TRACE	1999	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	48% vs 34%	6% vs 3%	18% vs 11%	11% vs 6%
Eldar	1998	In-hospital	OR 4.6(1.9-10.8)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Crenshaw/GUSTO-I	1997	In-hospital	3.1% AF vs 1.3% no AF	14.3 days vs 10 days	8% vs 4%	N/A	39% vs 14%	16% vs 5%	16% vs 5%	15% vs 6%
Sakata	1997	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	63% vs 30%	44% vs 25%	N/A	N/A