Asher C R, DiMengo J M, Arheart K L, Weber M M, Grimm R A, Blackstone E H, Cosgrove D M, Chung M K
Department of Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA.
Am J Cardiol. 1999 Sep 15;84(6):744-7, A9. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00427-0.
We report a cohort of our first 100 minimally invasive cardiac valvular operations matched 1:1 by age and valvular surgery type with patients undergoing a traditional midline sternotomy approach. The prevalence of postoperative atrial fibrillation among patients with minimally invasive procedures versus traditional midline sternotomy was 26.3% versus 38.0%, respectively (p = 0.08). Neither multiple logistic regression nor Kaplan-Meier distribution analysis identified differences in postoperative atrial fibrillation between the 2 surgical techniques.
