Research Article

Attributable Costs of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation among Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

Table 4

Attributable costs of POAF according to types of surgery.

Types of surgeryWith POAF (THB)Without POAF (THB)Mean difference (THB)95% CI value

Isolated valve replacement268,740220,97947,76139,809–55,712<0.001
Isolated CABG266,500215,63550,86537,233–64,496<0.001
Combined valve replacement and CABG282,747210,46072,28749,911–94,406<0.001
All patients269,000218,99950,00143,440–56,561<0.001

Independent t-test. CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; POAF, postoperative atrial fibrillation; THB, Thai Baht.