All

Prophylactic Groups

p-Value*

Subgroups

p-Value*

Amiodarone

Placebo

POAF

NO POAF

Characteristics

N (%)

196 (100)

94 (48)

102 (52)

N/A

45 (23)

151 (77)

N/A

Age (median, IQR)

65 (59; 71)

66 (60; 72)

65 (58; 70)

0.605

69 (64; 74)

64 (57; 70)

0.001*

Sex (male, n (%))

166 (85)

83 (88)

83 (81)

0.179

40 (89)

126 (83)

0.373

Current smoker (n (%))

51 (26)

26 (28)

25 (25)

0.616

12 (27)

39 (26)

0.910

Diabetes mellitus (n (%))

48 (25)

23 (25)

25 (25)

0.995

13 (29)

35 (23)

0.434

Hypertension (n (%))

127 (65)

61 (65)

66 (65)

0.978

28 (62)

99 (66)

0.680

Hypercholesterolemia (n (%))

136 (69)

64 (68)

72 (71)

0.704

27 (60)

109 (72)

0.120

Family history of IHD (n (%))

93 (47)

41 (48)

52 (57)

0.238

17 (45)

76 (54)

0.296

History of CNS events (n (%))

46 (24)

21 (23)

25 (28)

0.414

12 (31)

34 (24)

0.413

COPD (n (%))

13 (7)

9 (10)

4 (4)

0.112

6 (13)

7 (5)

0.079

NYHA Class (n (%))

NYHA Class I

56 (29)

27 (29)

29 (28)

0.964

12 (27)

44 (29)

0.747

NYHA Class II

92 (50)

44 (47)

48 (47)

0.972

17 (38)

75(50)

0.161

NYHA Class III

46 (24)

23 (25)

23 (23)

0.751

15 (33)

31 (21)

0.075

NYHA Class IV

**

**

**

0.498

**

**

0.407

CCS Class (n (%))

CCS Class I

40 (20)

19 (20)

21 (21)

0.948

13 (29)

27 (18)

0.108

CCS Class II

94 (48)

47 (46)

47 (50)

0.583

17 (38)

77 (51)

0.119

CCS Class III

49 (25)

21 (22)

28 (28)

0.409

12 (27)

37 (25)

0.769

CCS Class IV

13 (7)

7 (7)

6 (6)

0.660

**

10 (7)

1.000

Previous MI (n (%))

93 (47)

45 (48)

48 (47)

0.909

18 (40)

75 (50)

0.254

Previous PCI (n (%))

17 (9)

7 (7)

10 (10)

0.558

**

15 (10)

0.369

Preoperative use of β-blockers (n (%))

170 (87)

81 (86)

89 (87)

0.823

38 (84)

132 (87)

0.606

Preoperative use of statins (n (%))

173 (88)

81 (86)

92 (90)

0.382

38 (84)

135 (89)

0.364

EF (median, IQR)

56 (49; 60)

55 (48; 60)

56 (50; 60)

0.857

56 (45; 60)

57 (50; 60)

0.392

Creatinine (μmol/L) (median, IQR)

88 (75; 99)

89 (75; 99)

87 (76; 99)

0.818

91 (79; 106)

88 (75; 98)

0.106

BMI (mean, SD)

27.52 (4.14)

27.50 (4.06)

27.54 (4.23)

0.943

28.24 (4.37)

27.30 (4.06)

0.184

EuroSCORE I (median, IQR)

2 (1; 4)

3 (1; 4)

2 (1; 4)

0.210

3 (2; 5)

2 (1; 4)

0.009*

Vessels affected (No. (n (%))

1

**

**

**

0.498

**

**

0.407

2

20 (10)

6 (6)

14 (14)

0.090

6 (13)

14 (9)

0.429

3

174 (89)

88 (94)

86 (84)

0.039*

38 (84)

136 (90)

0.294

Lesion location (n (%))

Left main stenosis

78 (40)

36 (38)

42 (41)

0.770

26 (58)

52 (34)

0.005*