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Figure 6 Metabolite Ratios

(A) Reduction of the glucose to acetate ratio in patients susceptible to post-operative AF irrespective of the underlying cardiac pathology. (B) Positive correlation between the ratio of glycolytic end products (alanine, lactate) to end products of lipid metabolism (acetate) and the onset of post-operative AF in patients with coronary artery disease. ANOVA = analysis of variance; CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting; other abbreviations as in Figure 2.