PMID: 6972856Jul 1, 1981Paper

The role of P wave duration as a predictor of postoperative atrial arrhythmias

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A E Buxton, M E Josephson

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) and flutter (AFI) occur frequently after aortocoronary bypass grafting. To identify patients at highest risk, we observed 99 patients undergoing aortocoronary bypass surgery. P wave duration was measured on a three-channel ECG. An intra-atrial conduction defect (IACD), defined by conventional criteria as a single standard lead P wave greater than 110 msec, was present in 42 patients. We also identified IACDs by measuring the total P wave duration (TPWD) from the simultaneous three-channel recording of the standard leads (IACD-TPWD). Sustained AF-AFI, less than one hour, occurred in 29/99 patients. Of the 29 patients with AF-AF1, 24 had IACD-TPWD. The mean total P wave duration of patients with and without AF-AFI was 126 msec and 116 msec, respectively (P less than .001). The mean P wave duration measured conventionally (ECG lead 2) was 114 msec in the patients with AF/-AFI and 110 msec in patients without AF/-AFI. An isoelectric interval (IEI), derived by subtracting the ECG lead 2 P wave duration from the total P wave duration measured from three simultaneous limb leads, for patients without AF-AFI was 5.9 msec vs 12.4 msec for patients with AF-AFI (P less than 0.001). Of the patients with IACD-TPWD, 2...Continue Reading

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