Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter (AF) frequently complicate coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) and increase hospital stay as well as morbidity. Studies of drug prophylaxis to prevent AF with beta-adrenergic blocking agents administered in fixed doses have had conflicting results. METHODS:One hundred patients were randomized to receive metoprolol or placebo following CABG. A dosing algorithm was used to achieve clinically significant beta-adrenergic blockade. RESULTS:There was no significant difference between the incidence of AF in the metoprolol (24%) and placebo (26%) groups. However, the incidence of AF in all patients having CABG at this institution declined over the period of the study from 31% to 23% (P < .025), in association with the adoption of a continuous technique of cardioplegia delivery. CONCLUSIONS:Metoprolol is not efficacious for the prevention of post-CABG AF even when dosage is titrated to achieve clinical evidence of beta blockade. It is likely that the adoption of a continuous cardioplegia technique caused a reduction in our incidence of post-CABG AF.
journal_name
Am J Surgjournal_title
American journal of surgeryauthors
Paull DL,Tidwell SL,Guyton SW,Harvey E,Woolf RA,Holmes JR,Anderson RPdoi
10.1016/S0002-9610(97)00077-9subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-05-01 00:00:00pages
419-21issue
5eissn
0002-9610issn
1879-1883pii
S0002-9610(97)00077-9journal_volume
173pub_type
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