Table 2.
The echocardiographic parameters in both groups
| POAF(+) (n = 14) X ± SD |
POAF(−) (n = 32) X ± SD |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LVEDd, mm | 48.1 ± 5.2 | 49.9 ± 4.5 | 0.5 |
| LVESd, mm | 31.9 ± 4.7 | 32.6 ± 4.8 | 0.99 |
| IVSEDd, mm | 12.5 ± 1.7 | 11.9 ± 2.4 | 0.2 |
| PVEDd, mm | 11.3 ± 1.1 | 10.7 ± 1.1 | 0.98 |
| LAVI | 37.4 ± 6.5 | 37.3 ± 5.4 | 0.97 |
| EF 30–45% N | 3 (21.4) | 3 (9.4) | 0.26 |
| EF | 52.9 ± 10.1 | 56.1 ± 6.7 | 0.07 |
| EAT, mm | 7.1 ± 1.2 | 7.4 ± 1.2 | 0.39 |
EAT epicardial adipose tissue, EF ejection fraction of left ventricle, IVEDd end-diastolic diameter of the intraventricular septum, LAVI indexed volume of left atrium, LVEDd end-diastolic diameter of the left ventricle, LVESd end-systolic diameter of the left ventricle, mm millimetres, N/n number of patients, POAF(+) patients with postoperative atrial fibrillation; POAF(−) patients without postoperative atrial fibrillation, PWEDd end-diastolic diameter of the posterior wall, X mean value, SD standard deviation
*statistically significant