Table 1.
Author | Total Number of Patients/Incidence of Arrhythmia |
Country | The Most Frequent Type of Arrhythmia | Summary Points |
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Pfammatter et al. (2001) [1] | 310/27% | Switzerland | Accelerated junctional rhythm | In this study, there was a higher occurrence rate of arrhythmias in patients with longer cardiopulmonary bypass time, patients with cyanotic congenital cardiac diseases, and patients with hemodynamic sequelae with persistent volume or pressure overload. |
Delaney et al. (2006) [8] | 189/15% | U.S.A. | Junctional ectopic tachycardia | The main risk factors associated with arrhythmias after cardiac surgery are young age, longer cardiopulmonary bypass time, and longer aortic cross-clamp time. Junctional ectopic tachycardia was mainly associated with complete atrioventricular septal defect closure, arterial switch operation with VSD closure, pulmonary conduit implantation, and Tetralogy of Fallot repair. |
Lars Grosse-Wortmann et al. (2010) [20] | 494 (96 neonates + 398 children)/73% of neonates and 79.1% of children | Germany | Premature atrial contractions | In neonates, the most common risk factors associated with postoperative arrhythmias are male sex, longer cardiopulmonary bypass, longer aortic clamping time, and VSD closure. In non-neonate patients, the most common risk factors are age per month, cardiocirculatory arrest per minute, ASD closure, VSD closure, subaortic stenosis repair, and Fontan procedure. |
Hayrullah Alp et al. (2014) [30] | 239/43.5% | Turkey | Premature atrial contractions | Premature atrial contractions (PACs) and premature ventricular contractions are the most common types of cardiac arrhythmias, and the operation for ASD, VSD, and Tetralogy of Fallot are the main risk factors for these arrhythmias. |
Akanksha Jain et al. (2019) [31] | 536/14.4% | India | Junctional ectopic tachycardia | The main risk factors associated with junctional ectopic tachycardia are intraventricular tunnel repair for double-outlet right ventricle, ASD + VSD closure, Tetralogy of Fallot repair, complete atrioventricular septal defect closure, VSD closure, arterial switch operation, and Fontan procedure. |
Erkut Öztürk1 et al. (2021) [32] | 670/8.1% | Turkey | Junctional ectopic tachycardia |
The main risk factors associated with postoperative arrhythmias are age at the time of surgery under one year old, high inotropic score, and prolonged operation time. The most common operations associated with arrhythmias were left outflow tract procedures, complete atrioventricular septal defect closure, and Tetralogy of Fallot repair. |