A Survey on the Management of Post-Operative Atrial Fibrillation (AF)

1. Who has privileges for electrocardioversion at your institution? Cardiologist
Surgeon
Nurse Practitioner
Nurse (with orders)
Physician's Assistant
Other
No Answer

2. When electrically cardioverting, do you employ a monophasic or biphasic system? Monophasic
Biphasic
No Answer

3. When electrically cardioverting, what external defibrillator do you employ? Physio-Control Lifepack
Phillips Medical Systems
Zoll
Cardiac Science
CPI Ventak
Teletronics
Other
No Answer

4. If you choose to electrically cardiovert, do you use adjunct pharmacological treatments to gain any of the following benfits? Enhace immediate success of cardioversion
Suppress early recurrence and maintain normal rhythm
Both
Neither
Other
No Answer

5. If you were able to place a device intraoperatively that allowed you to electrically cardiovert patients who develop post-operative AF early and potentially with reduced need for pharmacologic agents, would you place the device in:? All patients
Patients with demographic risk factors for AF
No patients
No Answer

6. In what percentage of CABG patients would you expect to place a device such as the one described in question 5? None
1-25%
26-50%
51-75%
76-100%
No Answer

7. In what percentage of mitral valve patients would you expect to place a device such as the one described in question 5? None
1-25%
26-50%
51-75%
76-100%
No Answer

8. In what percentage of aortic valve patients would you expect to place a device such as the one described in question 5? None
1-25%
26-50%
51-75%
76-100%
No Answer

9. In what percentage of combined CABG/valve patients would you expect to place a device such as the one described in question 5? None
1-25%
26-50%
51-75%
76-100%
No Answer

10. If you chose to place a device such as the one described in question 5, would you also administer pharmacologic agents to enhance cardioversion to, or maintain, normal sinus rhythm? No
Yes, routinely
Yes, until evidence showed it to be unnecessary
No Answer

11. Would you like to learn more about new treatment options for post-cardiac surgery AF? Yes
No
No Answer