Skip to main content

Table 4 Outcome at last follow up

From: Concomitant ablation of atrial fibrillation in octogenarians: an observational study

  

Age < 80 yrs (n = 148)

Age ≥ 80 yrs (n = 17)

p

sinus rhythm

% (n)

68.2 (101)

82.3 (14)

0.231

   atrial contraction

% (n)

87.8 (79)

100 (12)

0.200

   E/A ratio

 

2.5 ± 0.83

2.1 ± 0.75

0.179

atrial fibrillation

% (n)

26.3 (39)

11.8 (2)

0.187

atrial flutter

% (n)

3.4 (5)

5.9 (1)

0.601

NYHA class

 

1.9 ± 0.61*

2.1 ± 0.57*

0.304

LA diameter

mm

42 ± 6.3*

42 ± 9.1*

0.952

LVEF

 

0.52 ± 0.120†

0.55 ± 0.091*

0.358

LVEDD

mm

54 ± 9.4†

49 ± 8.3†

0.048

  1. *p < 0.001, comparison to preoperative data by Wilcoxon rank-sum test
  2. †p = n.s., comparison to preoperative data by Wilcoxon rank-sum test
  3. E/A ratio, ratio of maximal flow velocities of early (E) and atrial (A) diastolic transmitral flow signal assessed by pulsed-wave Doppler; NYHA, New York Heart Association; LA, left atrial; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LVEDD, left ventricular enddiastolic diameter
  4. Assessment of LA function by pulsed wave Doppler failed in 11 and 2 patients in the younger and older age group, respectively.
Back to article page

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

ISSN: 1749-8090

Contact us