Key result
Preoperative NT-pro-BNP (p=0.019), age (p=0.0043), and duration of cardiopulmonary bypass (p=0.035) were independent predictors of postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing CABG.
Why the study?
Do preoperative biomarkers including NT-pro-BNP and CRP predict the development of postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing elective CABG?
Population
215 consecutive patients in sinus rhythm undergoing elective isolated coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
postoperative period
Authors
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NT-pro-BNP may refine POAF risk assessment before CABG; extends prior observational data but leaves open prospective validation.
Cohort (n=215)
Do preoperative biomarkers including NT-pro-BNP and CRP predict the development of postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing elective CABG?
p-value: p=0.019
Preoperative NT-pro-BNP, along with age and cardiopulmonary bypass duration, independently predicts the development of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgery.
Gašparović et al. (2009) conducted a cohort in Atrial fibrillation following coronary artery bypass surgery (n=215). Preoperative NT-pro-BNP was evaluated on Postoperative atrial fibrillation (p=0.019). Preoperative NT-pro-BNP (p=0.019), age (p=0.0043), and duration of cardiopulmonary bypass (p=0.035) were independent predictors of postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing CABG.
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