Harold L. Lazar, MD, is professor of cardiothoracic surgery, Boston University School of Medicine.

Atrial fibrillation that occurs after cardiac surgery remains a source of increased morbidity and prolonged length of hospital stay.

In their study, Meyer and colleagues investigated the accuracy of multislice computed tomography (MSCT) in the assessment of bypass grafts following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.