Incidence of Patent Ductus Arteriosus and Patent Foramen Ovale in Normal Infants

The treatment of POAF depends in large part on the timing, duration, and hemodynamic milieu. This small study does not support a prophylactic strategy, because one third of patients developing POAF were receiving amiodarone before operation. Our results suggest that POAF occurs in approximately 30% of patients with obstructive HC after septal myectomy. AF was not associated with a more complicated postoperative period and is relatively easily controlled or converted.