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. 2013 Jul 5;17(4):680–686. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivt238

Table 2:

Significant perioperative AF risk factors

AF risk factors Group A (without AF) 98 patients
Group B (with AF) 19 patients
P-value
n Mean Med SD n Mean Med SD
Mean RR Afternoon (s) 97 0.71 0.69 0.10 19 0.76 0.77 0.08 0.015
Mean HR Afternoon 1/min 97 86.44 87.41 11.93 19 79.53 78.31 14.84 0.025
RMSSD Day (ms) 97 21.7 17.40 16.26 19 30.19 22.30 20.27 0.037
SD1 Day (ms) 97 15.36 12.27 11.52 19 21.38 15.80 14.37 0.036
V 0 96 74.12 3 288.07 19 416.1 23 1606.35 0.001
Supra 1 96 238.88 118 504.24 19 552.73 270 695.13 0.015
V 1 96 98.85 8 479.9 19 79.89 43 139.78 0.027
Max 2 89 109.16 108 17.96 17 147.52 150 34.51 0.0002
Supra 2 95 265.62 27 977.94 19 1449.78 622 1999.27 0.00002
V 2 95 110.1 2 576.38 19 56.52 44 61.88 0.0022
Max 3 96 108.1 109.5 19.57 19 158.42 161 24.24 0.00001
Supra 3 96 392.32 29 1151.47 19 1911 770 2915.14 0.00071
V 3 96 78.26 2 353.24 19 536.31 24 1774.52 0.0027
PCWP0 (mmHg) 59 8.15 8 4.35 8 4.75 4.5 1.98 0.014
PCWP1 (mmHg) 59 8.53 8 3.83 8 5.88 6 2.17 0.028
Male gender 73 patients (74%) 19 patients (100%) 0.012
Left pneumonectomy 23 patients (23%) 9 patients (47%)   0.032
ASAIII score status 55 patients (56%) 16 patients (84%)  0.022

Mean RR Afternoon (s); RMSSD Day (ms); SD1 Day (ms); Afternoon: time period-afternoon a day before operation; Day: means time period-early morning in a day of operation; V: number of ventricular ectopic beats per day; Supra: number of supraventricular ectopic beats per day; Max: maximal hearth rhythm/min; numbers 1, 2, 3 signify: 0: a day before operation; 1: first day (day of the operation); 2: second day; 3: third day; PCWP0: pulmonary capillary wedge pressure before intubation; PCWP1: pulmonary capillary wedge pressure after intubation; ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists scale.