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Table 1 Baseline patient, operative characteristics

From: Microvascular reactivity and clinical outcomes in cardiac surgery

 

All patients

Patients with composite complications

Patients without composite complications

P value

(n = 232)

(n = 81)

(n = 151)

Demographic characteristics

Age, years

63 (13)

66 (11)

61 (13)

0.012

Male sex

152 (65.5 %)

53 (65.4 %)

99 (65.6 %)

0.984

Height, cm

163 (9)

163 (10)

163 (8)

0.996

Weight, kg

61 (10)

60 (12)

62 (10)

0.132

Body mass index, kg/m2

23.0 (3.3)

22.5 (4.0)

23.3 (2.8)

0.121

Current smokers

42 (18.1 %)

12 (14.8 %)

30 (19.9 %)

0.341

Coexisting conditions

    

 Diabetes mellitus

61 (26.3 %)

22 (27.2 %)

39 (25.8 %)

0.826

 Hypertension

108 (46.6 %)

40 (49.4 %)

68 (45.0 %)

0.527

 Stroke

23 (9.9 %)

8 (9.9 %)

15 (9.9 %)

0.989

 Dyslipidemia

66 (28.4 %)

26 (32.1 %)

40 (26.5 %)

0.523

 Angina

28 (12.1 %)

7 (8.6 %)

21 (13.9 %)

0.241

 Myocardiac infarction

8 (3.4 %)

4 (4.9 %)

4 (2.6 %)

0.362

 Congestive heart failure

19 (8.2 %)

11 (13.6 %)

8 (5.3 %)

0.028

 Liver disease

5 (2.2 %)

2 (2.5 %)

3 (2.0 %)

0.809

 Chronic kidney disease

14 (6.1 %)

10 (12.5 %)

4 (2.6 %)

0.003

EuroSCORE II

1.2 (0.8–2.1)

1.7 (1.1–3.2)

1.0 (0.8–1.7)

<0.001

Left ventricle ejection fraction, %

59 (54–64)

58 (55–64)

59 (54–54)

0.617

Preoperative drug therapy

    

 Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor

50 (21.6 %)

17 (21.0 %)

33 (21.9 %)

0.5878

 Beta-blocker

71 (31.0 %)

29 (36.3 %)

42 (28.2 %)

0.209

 Calcium channel blocker

69 (29.7 %)

19 (23.5 %)

50 (33.1 %)

0.125

 Aspirin

111 (47.8 %)

39 (48.1 %)

72 (47.7 %)

0.946

 Insulin

19 (8.2 %)

8 (9.9 %)

11 (7.3 %)

0.493

Intraoperative confounders

Duration of surgery, min

402.3 (112.6)

444.9 (125.7)

379.5 (97.9)

<0.001

Duration of CPB, mina

213.3 (88.5)

251.6 (93.1)

181.3 (70.3)

<0.001

Crystalloids, ml/kg

14.0 (8.3 - 22.1)

14.9 (10.4 - 23.6)

13.3 (7.3 - 21.6)

0.259

Colloids, ml/kg

11.6 (1.6 - 17.9)

13.6 (0.0 - 19.8)

10.5 (5.6 - 16.1)

0.320

Packed red blood cell transfusion, units

1 (0–3)

1 (0–5)

1 (0–3)

0.053

Type of procedure

 Valve

103 (44.4 %)

55 (67.9 %)

48 (31.8 %)

<0.001

 CABG

96 (41.4 %)

17 (21.0 %)

79 (52.3 %)

<0.001

 Valve + CABG

8 (3.4 %)

5 (6.2 %)

3 (2.0 %)

0.096

 Aortic valve

47 (20.3 %)

20 (24.7 %)

27 (17.9 %)

0.219

 Mitral valve

24 (10.3 %)

15 (18.5 %)

9 (6.0 %)

0.003

Other valves

2 (0.9 %)

0 (0 %)

2 (1.3 %)

0.298

Multivalves

22 (9.5 %)

15 (18.5 %)

7 (4.6 %)

0.001

 OPCAB

88 (37.9 %)

12 (14.8 %)

76 (50.3 %)

<0.001

 Aorta surgery

10 (4.3 %)

6 (7.4 %)

4 (2.6 %)

0.089

 Other procedures

31 (13.4 %)

8 (9.9 %)

23 (15.2 %)

0.253

 Reoperation

32 (13.8 %)

22 (26.2 %)

10 (6.8 %)

<0.001

  1. Data are presented as mean (standard deviation), median (interquartile range), or number (percentage).
  2. EuroSCORE II European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II, CPB cardiopulmonary bypass, CABG coronary artery bypass graft surgery, OPCAB off-pump coronary bypass graft surgery
  3. a69 of 81 (85.2 %) patients with composite complications and 75 of 151 (49.7 %) patients without composite complications were exposed to CPB