• Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, 110016, P. R. China;
WANG Huishan, Email: huishanw@126.com
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Objective To study the relationship between preoperative heart rate variability (HRV) and postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB). Methods A retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical data of 290 patients who were admitted to the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command from May to September 2020 and received OPCAB. There were 217 males and 73 females aged 36-80 years. According to the incidence of POAF, the patients were divided into two groups: a non-atrial fibrillation group (208 patients) and an atrial fibrillation group (82 patients). The time domain and frequency domain factors of mean HRV 7 days before operation were calculated: standard deviation of all normal-to-normal intervals (SDNN), root mean square of successive differences, percentage difference between adjacent normal-to-normal intervals that were greater than 50 ms, low frequency power (LF), high frequency power (HF), LF/HF. Results The HRV value of patients without POAF was significantly lower than that of patients with POAF (P<0.05). The median SDNN of the two groups were 78.90 ms and 91.55 ms, respectively. Age (OR=3.630, 95%CI 2.015-6.542, P<0.001), left atrial diameter (OR=1.074, 95%CI 1.000-1.155, P=0.046), and SDNN (OR=1.017, 95%CI 1.002-1.032, P=0.024) were independently associated with the risk of POPAF after OPCAB. Conclusion  SDNN may be an independent predictor of POAF after OPCAB.

Citation: WANG Yang, YIN Zongtao, JIANG Hui, TAO Dengshun, ZHAO Keyan, ZHANG Jian, XIN Fangran, LAN Huai, ZHANG Wei, WANG Huishan. Prediction of new atrial fibrillation after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting based on preoperative heart rate variability: A retrospective study. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2023, 30(1): 121-125. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.202204075 Copy

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