PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mithat Selvi
AU  - Hasan Gungor
AU  - Cemil Zencir
AU  - Sevil Gulasti
AU  - Ufuk Eryilmaz
AU  - Cagdas Akgullu
AU  - Selim Durmaz
TI  - A new predictor of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: HATCH score
AID  - 10.1136/jim-2017-000525
DP  - 2017 Nov 10
TA  - Journal of Investigative Medicine
PG  - jim-2017-000525
4099  - http://hw-f5-jim.highwire.org/content/early/2017/11/04/jim-2017-000525.short
4100  - http://hw-f5-jim.highwire.org/content/early/2017/11/04/jim-2017-000525.full
AB  - The aim of this study was to investigate the association between HATCH score and atrial fibrillation (AF) after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. 369 patients (103 patients with AF and 266 patients without AF) undergoing isolated CABG surgery were analyzed. Complete medical records were retrospectively collected to investigate HATCH score. The median age of patients with AF was significantly higher than the median age of non-AF group (60.8±10.0 years vs 67.8±9.5 years, P<0.001). HATCH score was significantly higher in patients who developed AF after CABG surgery than the non-AF group (P=0.017). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that HATCH score (OR 1.334; 95% CI 1.022 to 1.741, P=0.034) was an independent predictor of AF after CABG surgery. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed that the cut-off point of HATCH score related to predict AF was >1 (two or more), with a sensitivity of 42% and specificity of 70%. Patients with elevated preoperative HATCH score may have higher risk for AF after CABG surgery.