RISK OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK AND COMPLETE AV BLOCK IN ISCHEMIC PATIENTS WITH MINIMALLY INVASIVE VALVE SURGERY
Abstract:
The influence of atrial fibrillation, complete AV block and new-onset bundle branch block, on the evolution of patients (with or without previous PCI) who undergo minimally invasive valve surgery is studied more and more in current literature. Our series of cases is added to the global data available, suggesting that the ischemic patients with minimally invasive valve surgery are electrically stabile, but there is the need of continuing gathering multicentric, prospective data. Preoperative and postoperative AF frequency does not differ statistically significant in patients with PCI / without PCI. Postoperative complete AV block incidence is not significantly different in patients with aortic or mitral pathology, or in patients with PCI/non-PCI, and does not increase the duration of hospital stay significantly.
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