Key result
Increasing age (OR 2.6; 95% CI 1.2-3.9) and surgery for valvular heart disease (OR 2.8; 95% CI 1.1-3.5) were independent predictors of postoperative atrial fibrillation.
Population
Patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery in the absence of significant left ventricular dysfunction.
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
postoperative period
Authors
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May guide POAF surveillance in older valvular surgery patients; leaves open whether targeted prevention alters outcomes.
Cohort (n=253)
Odds Ratio: 2.6 (95% CI 1.2–3.9)
p-value: p=<0.01
Advanced age, valvular heart surgery, postoperative complications, and lack of preoperative beta-blockers are independent predictors of postoperative atrial fibrillation.
Auer et al. (2005) conducted a cohort in Postoperative atrial fibrillation (n=253). Increasing age (above median) vs. Age below median was evaluated on Postoperative atrial fibrillation (OR 2.6, 95% CI 1.2 to 3.9, p=<0.01). Increasing age (OR 2.6; 95% CI 1.2-3.9) and surgery for valvular heart disease (OR 2.8; 95% CI 1.1-3.5) were independent predictors of postoperative atrial fibrillation.
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