Incidence of AF after CABG in trials of prophylactic pacing
| Study | n | Incidence of postoperative AF | p Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | RAP | LAP | BAP | |||
| *86% isolated CABG;†88% isolated CABG;‡RAP compared with control, LAP, and BAP;§85% isolated CABG;¶90% isolated CABG;**BAP compared with control, RAP and LAP;††Bachmann’s bundle pacing. | ||||||
| BAP, biatrial pacing; LAP, left atrial pacing; NS, not significant; RAP, right atrial pacing. | ||||||
| Kurz 199914 | 21* | 22.2% | 50% | |||
| Greenberg 200015 | 154† | 37.5% | 8% | 20% | 26% | 0.002‡ |
| Daoud 200016 | 118§ | 28% | 32% | 10% | 0.02 | |
| Gerstenfeld 200117 | 118¶ | 35% | 21% | 0.08 | ||
| Schweikert 199818 | 86 | 34% | 34% | 1.0 | ||
| Blommaert 200019 | 96 | 27% | 10% | 0.036 | ||
| Chung 200020 | 100 | 28.6% | 27.5% | 0.90 | ||
| Orr 199821 | 120 | 29.5% | 18.2% | NS | ||
| Levy 200022 | 130 | 38.5% | 13.8% | 0.001 | ||
| Gerstenfeld 199923 | 61 | 33% | 29% | 37% | >0.7 | |
| Neumann 200124 | 90 | 32% | 31% | 16% | 0.31 | |
| Fan 200025 | 132 | 41.9% | 33.3% | 36.4% | 12.5% | <0.05** |
| Goette 200226 | 161 | 42% | 48% | 37%†† | NS | |