Why the study?
Do preoperative echocardiographic variables (right atrial area and left ventricular diastolic function) predict long-term sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing intraoperative ablation concomitant to CABG?
Population
35 consecutive patients scheduled for coronary artery bypass grafting with a history of paroxysmal or…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
2.3 ± 0.4 years
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Echocardiographic predictors may aid selection for ablation during CABG; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Do preoperative echocardiographic variables (right atrial area and left ventricular diastolic function) predict long-term sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing intraoperative ablation concomitant to CABG?
Preoperative right atrial size and left ventricular diastolic function are significant predictors of maintaining sinus rhythm after intraoperative ablation for atrial fibrillation during CABG.
Houltz et al. (2010) studied this question.
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