Table 2. The pre-operative electrocardiographic parameters of the patients.
Postoperative AF group (n = 10) | Non-AF group (n = 26) | p-value | |||
Median | Min–max | Median | Min–max | ||
Heart rate (beats/min) | 76.5 | 64–127 | 85.5 | 53–109 | 0.349 |
P-wave amplitude (mV) | 1.5 | 0.93–2.72 | 2.05 | 0.81–3.64 | 0.129 |
P-wave duration (ms) | 124 | 99.6–129.2 | 112.4 | 57.6–134 | 0.069 |
P-wave dispersion (ms) | 57.6 | 41.2–71.6 | 39.8 | 17.2–70 | 0.004 |
QTc dispersion (ms) | 50 | 40–100 | 40 | 40–130 | 0.124 |
Increased P-wave dispersion (n) | 10 | 9 | < 0.001 |
AF: atrial fibrillation; Max: maximum; Min: minimum; QTc: corrected QT interval.