Key result
Higher presurgical hsTnT levels (>11.87 ng/l) were independently associated with the development of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery (OR 4.27; 95% CI 1.43-12.77; P=0.009).
Why the study?
Do preoperative hsTnT and NT-proBNP levels predict the development of atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery?
Population
100 consecutive haemodynamically stable patients undergoing programmed cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
post-surgical period (hospital stay)
Authors
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May stratify postoperative AF risk preoperatively; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Cohort (n=100)
Do preoperative hsTnT and NT-proBNP levels predict the development of atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery?
Odds Ratio: 4.27 (95% CI 1.43–12.77)
p-value: p=0.009
High preoperative hsTnT levels, but not postoperative levels or NT-proBNP, independently predict the development of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery.
Hernández‐Romero et al. (2013) conducted a cohort in Patients undergoing programmed cardiac surgery (n=100). High presurgical hsTnT levels (>11.87 ng/l) vs. Lower presurgical hsTnT levels was evaluated on Occurrence of post-surgical atrial fibrillation (OR 4.27, 95% CI 1.43-12.77, p=0.009). Higher presurgical hsTnT levels (>11.87 ng/l) were independently associated with the development of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery (OR 4.27; 95% CI 1.43-12.77; P=0.009).
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