Atrial fibrillation early postoperatively following minimally invasive cardiac valvular surgery.
We report a cohort of our first 100 minimally invasive cardiac valvular operations matched 1:1 by age and valvular surgery type with patients undergoing a traditional midline sternotomy approach. The prevalence of postoperative atrial fibrillation among patients with minimally invasive procedures versus traditional midline sternotomy was 26.3% versus 38.0%, respectively (p = 0.08). Neither multiple logistic regression nor Kaplan-Meier distribution analysis identified differences in postoperative atrial fibrillation between the 2 surgical techniques.
Asher
C R
CR
Department of Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA. asherc@cesmtp.ccf.org
DiMengo
J M
JM
Arheart
K L
KL
Weber
M M
MM
Grimm
R A
RA
Blackstone
E H
EH
Cosgrove
D M
DM
Chung
M K
MK
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy