Table 2.

Postoperative events.

Event	Atrial Fibrillation (n=232)	No Atrial Fibrillation (n=1180)	p
Thirty-day Mortality	16 (6.9%)	30 (2.5%)	0.002
Hospital Stay (median)	6 (5,8)	4 (3,6)	<0.0001
Post-operative transfusion	39 (17%)	103 (9%)	0.0005
Any Pulmonary Complication	51 (22%)	101 (9%)	<0.0001
Need for chest tube > 5 days	39 (17%)	122 (10%)	0.006
Post-operative bronchoscopy	45 (19%)	75 (6%)	<0.0001
Pneumonia	23 (10%)	41 (3%)	<0.0001
Need for enteral nutrition tube	13 (6%)	28 (2%)	0.02
Unplanned reintubation	17 (7%)	27 (2%)	0.0003
Delirium/Mental Status Changes	7 (3%)	24 (2%)	0.3
New Renal Insufficiency	12 (5%)	17 (1%)	0.001
Wound Infection/Empyema	6 (3%)	15 (1%)	0.1
Need for tracheostomy	9 (4%)	16 (1%)	0.01
Re-operation for bleeding	6 (3%)	11 (1%)	0.05
Vocal cord paralysis	4 (2%)	15 (1%)	0.5
Re-operation for decortication	3 (1%)	7 (1%)	0.2
Myocardial infarction	1 (0.4%)	4 (0.3%)	0.6
Pulmonary embolism	0	4 (0.3%)	0.5