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Table 1 Baseline characteristics and intraoperative parameters

From: Late pharmacologic conditioning with volatile anesthetics after cardiac surgery

 

Sevoflurane group

(n = 46)

Propofol group

(n = 56)

Age in years (mean, SD)

63 (12.4)

64 (14.7)

Male (%)

69

67

Body mass index in kg/m2 (mean, SD)

26.6 (3.7)

27.1 (3.8)

ECC time (minutes; mean, SD)

141 (39)

152 (49)

ACC time (minutes; mean, SD)

92 (31)

101 (34)

Crystalloids (milliliters; mean, SD)

1,390 (450)

1,480 (610)

Colloids (milliliters; mean, SD)

1,490 (740)

1,420 (760)

Blood products in units (median, IQR)

0 (1)

0 (2)

Troponin T baseline (μg/L; mean, SD)

0.65 (0.6)

0.87 (0.9)

CK baseline (U/L; mean, SD)

373 (191)

493 (337)

CK-MB baseline (U/L; mean, SD)

47.5 (56.4)

50.6 (31.1)

Myoglobin baseline (μg/L; mean, SD)

359 (149)

477 (271)

  1. ACC, aortic cross clamp; CK, creatine kinase; CK-MB, creatine kinase, heart muscle tissue; ECC, extracorporeal circulation. Baseline refers to the time-point at the end of the case before starting the sedation with either sevoflurane or propofol.