The Role of BNP and CRP in Predicting the Development of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery.

ISRN Cardiol · 2013 · PMC3886441 · PMID 24455301

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Postoperative BNP-levels were also significantly higher than the preoperative ones in both groups (AF-group: 1032 pg/mL versus non-AF group: 705 pg/mL; P < 0.001), while there was a strong trend of more increased postoperative levels in AF- compared to the non-AF cases ( P = 0.065).

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Regarding the postoperative BNP levels, although we demonstrated a strong trend to AF emergence, this correlation did not reach statistical significance, as it did in a study by Song et al.

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