International Scholarly Research Notices

Clinical Study

Postoperative Tachyarrhythmias: On-Pump versus Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the two individual study groups.


Item	Group (A) ()	Group (B) ()	value*

Age (years)			>0.05
Number of grafts			>0.05
Diabetes mellitus	23 (76.7)	22 (73.3)	>0.05
Hypertension	25 (83.3)	26 (86.7)	>0.05
Smoking	13 (43.3)	13 (43.3)	>0.05
Dyslipidemia	21 (70)	17 (56.7)	>0.05
Family history of CAD	8 (26.7)	11 (36.7)	>0.05
LA AP diameter (mm)			>0.05
LVEDD (mm)			>0.05
LVESD (mm)			>0.05
LV EF (%)			>0.05

Data are presented as mean ± SD and number (percentage).
*Chi-square test and Student’s -test.
CAD: coronary artery disease; LA AP diameter: left atrium anteroposterior diameter; LVEDD: left ventricular end diastolic dimension; LVESD: left ventricular end systolic dimension; LV EF: left ventricle ejection fraction (Simpson’s).