Postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting or cardiac valve surgery: intraoperative use of landiolol

Table 4 Effect of perioperative β-blockers on the incidence of postoperative AF

Intraoperative β-blocker use	Postoperative β-blocker use	Incidence of postoperative AF
(+)	(+)	4/41 (9.8%)
(+)	(−)	1/16 (6.3%)
(−)	(+)	3/16 (18.8%)
(−)	(−)	9/32 (28.1%)

AF: atrial fibrillation. There were no significant differences in the incidence of postoperative AF among the groups. Four of the 41 patients who received intraoperative and postoperative β-blockers developed postoperative AF. Two of these patients developed AF after discontinuation of postoperative β-blocker therapy.

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