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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Anterior fat pad maintenance did not reduce POAF incidence (34. 8 % vs. 35. 2 %, p = 0. 950) or total hospital costs (data as medians with 25 %, 75 % percentiles : 22, 940 dollars [17, 629 dollars, 29, 274 dollars] vs. 23, 866 dollars [18, 602 dollars, 30, 370 dollars], p = 0. 647) but was associated with higher heart rate variability (SD of normal-to-normal RR intervals [SDNN] : 31. 7 + / - 24. 6 vs. 22. 7 + / - 8. 3, p = 0. 05 and SD of all 5-min mean RR intervals [SDANN 5] : 17. 1 + / - 11. 9 vs. 10. 1 + / - 5. 5, p = 0. 003) than AFP removal.