European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg · Dec 2004
Atrial fibrillation after surgical revascularization: is there any difference between on-pump and off-pump?
Postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) is still frequent complication after cardiac surgery in spite of the improvements in the surgical procedures. There is still controversy whether or not, the absence of cardiopulmonary bypass results in a lower incidence of AF. ⋯ There is no reduction of AF rate in myocardial revascularization without cardiopulmonary bypass. However, prophylactic beta-blocker usage decreases the incidence of AF after both on-pump and off-pump myocardial revascularization.