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Atrial pacing for the prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiovascular surgery

^a Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

View larger version (25K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Percentage of patients developing postoperative atrial fibrillation. The numbers above the bars indicate the percentage in each group. There was a significant difference between NAP and RAP (p = 0.002) while the difference between NAP and LAP as well as between NAP and BAP did not reach statistical significance. Black bar = no pacing; hatched bars = pacing. BAP = biatrial pacing; LAP = left atrial pacing; NAP = no atrial pacing; RAP = right atrial pacing.

View larger version (41K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Effect of postoperative pacing on the length of postoperative hospitalization. The numbers above each bar indicate the number of days spent in hospital following surgery. Black bar = no pacing; hatched bars = pacing. Abbreviations are listed in Figure 1.