June 1, 2006The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
Risk Factors for Atrial Fibrillation in Adult Patients in Long-Term Observation Following Surgical Closure of Atrial Septal Defect Type II
Why the study?
Does signal-averaged P-wave duration predict postoperative atrial fibrillation in adult patients following surgical closure of atrial septal defect type II?
Population
93 adult patients who underwent isolated surgical closure of atrial septal defect type II between 1990 and…
Comparison
Isolated surgical closure of atrial septal… vs Patients without postoperative atrial fibrillation
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
2 - 11 years
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May aid postoperative risk stratification after ASD repair; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical adoption.
Structured PICO
Does signal-averaged P-wave duration predict postoperative atrial fibrillation in adult patients following surgical closure of atrial septal defect type II?
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Population
93 adult patients who underwent isolated surgical closure of atrial septal defect type II (ASD t.II) between 1990 and 2001
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Intervention
Isolated surgical closure of atrial septal defect type II (ASD t.II)
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Comparator
Patients without postoperative atrial fibrillation (n=64)
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Outcome
Occurrence of postoperative paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF)hard clinical
Signal-averaged P-wave duration is an independent predictor of postoperative atrial fibrillation in adults following surgical closure of ASD type II.
Cite This Study
Piechowiak et al. (2006) studied this question.