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Postoperative atrial fibrillation is less frequent in pulmonary segmentectomy compared with lobectomy

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Abstract

Objective

The aim of this study was to elucidate the characteristics and predictors of postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) from the standpoint of surgical mode.

Methods

Retrospective analysis was carried out on 607 patients who underwent lobectomy or segmentectomy for clinical stage IA lung cancer. We investigated the clinical factors to determine the predictors of the development of POAF.

Results

Of the 607 patients, 443 underwent lobectomy, and 164 underwent segmentectomy. POAF developed in 37 patients. Of these, 34 (7.7%) were in the lobectomy group, and 3 (1.8%) in the segmentectomy group. In the univariate analysis for predictors of POAF, age (p < 0.01), history of ischemic heart disease (p = 0.03), FEV1.0% (p < 0.01) and surgical mode (p = 0.01) showed significant differences between the groups. The multivariate analysis revealed that increasing age (p < 0.01, HR 1.059, CI 1.015–1.106), surgical mode (p = 0.02, HR 5.734, CI 1.350–24.361) and FEV1.0% < 70% (p = 0.03, HR 2.182, CI 1.067–4.461) were independent predictors of POAF.

Conclusion

POAF was significantly less following segmentectomy compared with lobectomy.

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  • 05 December 2017

    In the original publication of this article, the Table 1 was published incorrectly with missing data.

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    Takuya Ueda, Kenji Suzuki, Takeshi Matsunaga, Kazuya Takamochi & Shiaki Oh

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The original version of this article was revised: The missing data in Table 1 was added.

A correction to this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-017-0876-8.

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Ueda, T., Suzuki, K., Matsunaga, T. et al. Postoperative atrial fibrillation is less frequent in pulmonary segmentectomy compared with lobectomy. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 66, 95–100 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-017-0858-x

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