Table 2.
Incidence of AF after conventional and off-pump CABG by median sternotomy
| Incidence of postoperative AF | |||
| Study, year (reference) | CPB | Non-CPB | p Value |
| Collard 1997 (9) | NA | 22/66 (33%) | NA |
| Jansen 1998 (12) | NA | 7/46 (15.2%) | NA |
| Tasdemir 1998 (25) | NA | 34/2052 (1.7%) | NA |
| Saatvedt 1999 (26) | 248/685 (36%) | 7/19 (37%) | NS |
| Spooner 1999 (27) | NA | 44/331 (13.3%)* | NA |
| Boyd 1999 (28) | 17/60 (28.3%) | 3/30 (10%)† | <0.05 |
| Ardehali 1999 (29) | NA | 5/26 (19%) | NA |
| Arom 1999 (14) | 39/243 (16%) | 8/62 (13%) | NS |
| Cartier 2000 (30) | 580/1870 (31%) | 90/300 (30%) | 0.8 |
| Siebert 2000 (18) | 7/39 (18%) | 7/24 (29%) | NS |
| Stamou 2000 (19) | NA | 166/677 (25%) | NA |
| Stamou 2000*** (31) | 12/41 (29%) | 13/91 (14%)‡ | 0.04 |
| Ascione 2000 (32) | 39/100 (39%) | 8/100 (8%) | 0.001 |
| Arom 2000 (33) | 721/3171 (23%) | 50/350 (14%) | <0.001 |
| Kshettry 2000 (34) | 131/609 (21.5%) | 24/135 (17.8%) | NS |
| Hart 2000 (35) | NA | 236/1582 (14.9%)§ | NA |
| Arom 2000¶ (36) | 31/132 (23%) | 6/45 (13.3%) | 0.154 |
| Hernandez 2000 (37) | 102/445 (22.9%) | 63/332 (19.0%) | NS |
| Omeroglu 2000 (38) | NA | 5/70 (7.1%) | NA |
| Bedi 2000 (39) | NA | 1/100 (1%) | NA |
| Kilger 2001 (40) | 9/53 (17%) | 2/50 (4%) | <0.05 |
| Czerny 2001 (41) | 7/40 (17.5%) | 5/40 (12.5%) | NS |
| Bull 2001 (42) | 7/40 (18%) | 7/40 (18%) | NS |
| Yeatman 2001** (43) | 38/312 (12.2%) | 9/75 (12%) | 0.95 |
| Bowles 2001 (44) | 24/70 (34%) | 22/67 (33%) | NS |
| Calafiore 2001 (45) | 111/924 (12%) | 110/919 (12%) | NS |
| Siebert 2001 (46) | 64/650 (9.8%) | 12/118 (10.2%) | 0.9†† |
| Arom 2001‡‡ (47) | NA | 56/342 (16.4%) | NA |
| Puskas 2001 (48) | 158/1000 (15.8%) | 25/200 (12.5%) | 0.28 |
| Demers 2001§§ (49) | 268/497 (54%) | 41/98 (42%) | 0.05 |
| Lund 2001 (50) | 109/368 (29.6%) | 37/165 (22.4%) | NS |
| Van Dijk 2001 (51) | 29/139 (21%) | 28/142 (20%) | 0.79 |
| Al-Ruzzeh 2001¶¶ (52) | 35/84 (41%) | 16/56 (29%) | 0.15 |
*Mixed approaches; †>70 years old and 93% by median sternotomy; ‡56% by median sternotomy; §83% by median sternotomy; ¶ejection fraction ⩽30%; **left main stenosis ⩾50%; ††AF incidence on intensive care unit (mean two days); ‡‡ejection fraction >30%; §§⩾70 years; ¶¶⩾75 years; ***single vessel repeat coronary artery bypass graft surgery.