Postoperative Follow-ups
The patients were taken to the cardiovascular surgery intensive care
unit after the surgeries and were followed-up there. During the
intensive care process, the patients were followed-up with standard
procedures as arterial pressure, blood gas, and D-II derivation
continuous ECG. The electrolyte levels were closely monitored and
corrected in the postoperative period. The 12-derivation ECG monitoring
was performed continuously for patients who had arrhythmia or who had
arrhythmia sensitivity, and arrhythmias were analyzed with 12-derivation
ECG taken during arrhythmia. ECG telemetry was used in the follow-ups in
the wards. The patients with AF episode for more than 5 minutes were
accepted as
PoAF
(8).