Atrial fibrillation
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Cases with atrial fibrillation regardless its etiology from 20 to 80 years old who underwent elective, first time aortic valve replacement.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) emergent surgery such as acute aortic dissection or infective endocarditis (2) concomitant cardiovascular surgery except for CABG, aortic root replacement (3) hypothermic operation with circulatory arrest (4) history of implantation of pacemaker (5) history of catheter-based ablation (6) off-pump operation such as TAVI (7) preoperative use of catecholamine (8) with thrombus in the left atrial(not exclude the cases with thrombus in the left atrial appendage alone) (9) left atrial diameter >70 mm (10) who can not be isolated pulmonary veins (11) who request to withdraw own date (12) whom the doctors judge inappropriate for this study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| heart rhythm (sinus rhythm or atrial fibrillation) at 3 and 24 months postoperatively and MACCE(major adverse cardiovascular and cerebral event) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
The Jikei University Cardiac Surgery