Table 5.
Clinical endpoints and resource consumption
| Variable | AF (n = 32) |
No AF (n = 124) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28-Day mortality | 6/32 (18.8%) | 0 | <0.001 |
| ICU stay (days), mean ± SD | 10.1 ± 9.9 | 3.0 ± 6.8 | <0.001 |
| Hospital stay (days) | |||
| Mean ± SD | 19.2 ± 11.6 | 16.4 ± 16.0 | 0.350 |
| Median | 15.5 | 11.0 | |
| Time to SR after AF onset (days)a | |||
| Overall mean ± SD | 4.7 ± 5.7 | ||
| Overall median | 3.0 | ||
| Temporal relation between AF (n = 32) and diagnosis of complication | |||
| Anastomotic leak | 4.2 ± 4.1 | ||
| Pulmonary complication | −0.7 ± 5.7 | ||
| Others | 3.8 ± 5.1 | ||
ICU, intensive care unit; SR, sinus rhythm
a
Includes only 26 of 32 patients with AF who converted to sinus rhythm in hospital