Materials and Methods
A retrospective (case control) observational study was conducted in the
cardiovascular department of Baruch Padeh Medical Center – Poriya to
determine predictive risk factors that lead to developing AF in patients
who had cardiac surgeries. The study was approved by the institutional
ethics review board and the research was conducted in accordance with
the Helsinki Declaration. Preoperative, intraoperative, and
postoperative clinical data and laboratory tests were collected and
summarized. Moreover, 30 days after surgery morbidities and mortality
were recorded.
The population study included 208 patients who underwent cardiac
surgeries at Baruch Padeh Medical Center in the years 2017-2019.
Inclusion criteria consisted of: patients undergoing cardiac surgeries
in a sinus rhythm with and without a history of AF. Exclusion criteria
consisted of: patients with permanent atrial fibrillation, patients who
were not in sinus rhythm prior to surgery, and patients with missing
data. Patients were divided into 2 groups: patients with and without AF
post cardiac surgery irrespective of their AF history prior to cardiac
surgery. Pre, intra, and post-operative factors were compared between
the 2 groups.