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Table 3 Risk factors for early postoperative arrhythmias in non-neonates

From: Prevalence of and risk factors for perioperative arrhythmias in neonates and children after cardiopulmonary bypass: continuous holter monitoring before and for three days after surgery

risk factors

Any

supra-ventricular exta-systoles

supra-ventricular tachy-cardia

junctional rhythm

accelerated Junctional rhythm

junctional ectopic tachy-cardia

ventricular extra-systoles

ventricular tachy-cardia

Age per month

1.01 (1.00-1.01)

p 0.03

1.01 (1.00-1.01)

p 0.003

    

1.01 (1.01-1.02)

p < 0.0001

1.01 (1.01-1.02)

p < 0.0001

cardiocirculatory arrest per minute

    

1.03 (1.01-1.04)

p < 0.0001

   

Atrial septal defect repair

2.68 (1.41-5.12)

p 0.003

2.29 (1.45-3.95)

p 0.0007

 

2.39 (1.31-4.37)

p 0.003

    

Secundum atrial septal defect repair

   

0.19 (0.06-0.58)

p 0.004

   

0.19 (0.04-0.78)

p 0.02

Ventricular septal defect repair

     

3.69 (1.36-10.01) p 0.01

  

subarterial ventricular septal defect repair

    

2.54 (1.13-5.70)

p 0.02

 

2.58 (1.32-5.05)

p 0.006

 

subaortic stenosis repair

     

5.93 (1.05-29.87)

p 0.04

  

Fontan operation or related procedures

   

3.53 (1.50-8.31)

p 0.004

3.6 4 (1.47-9.01)

p 0.005

   
  1. Odds ratios, with 95% confidence intervals in brackets, are presented only if significant in a multivariate analysis model of all risk factors