Predictive value of total atrial conduction time measured with tissue Doppler imaging for postoperative atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgery


Ozlu M. F., Erdem K., Kiris G., Parlar A. İ., Demirhan A., Ayhan S. S., ...More

JOURNAL OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, vol.37, no.1, pp.27-33, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) complicating coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG) increases morbidity and stroke risk. Total atrial conduction time (PA-TDI duration) has been identified as an independent predictor of new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF). We aimed to assess whether PA-TDI duration is a predictor of AF after CABG.