Why the study?
Does preoperative red cell distribution width predict new-onset atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing nonemergency CABG?
Population
132 consecutive patients undergoing nonemergency CABG, mean age 60.55 ± 9.5 years, 99 male and 33 female…
Design
Cohort
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Higher preoperative RDW modestly associated with post-CABG AF; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Does preoperative red cell distribution width predict new-onset atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing nonemergency CABG?
Higher preoperative red cell distribution width is modestly associated with an increased risk of new-onset atrial fibrillation after nonemergency CABG.
Ertaş et al. (2012) studied this question.
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