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Table 4 Postoperative results*

From: On-pump beating heart coronary surgery for high risk patients requiring emergency multiple coronary artery bypass grafting

No. of patients

25

Hospital mortality

2 (8%)

Ventilation time (hours)

26 ± 37 (range 7–168)

Intraoperative IABP

3 (11%)

Total bleeding (mL)

1340 ± 903

Re-exploration for bleeding

0

Myocardial infarction

0

CK-MB peak (U/l)

1060 ± 1094

Postoperative LVEF (%)

34.4 ± 8.5

Low cardiac output

2 (8%)

Transitory acute renal failure

8 (32%)

Sternal infection

1 (4%)

Intensive care unit stay (days)

4.4 ± 6.4 (range 1–21)

Hospital stay (days)

12 ± 6.7 (range 8–34)

  1. * Data are presented as mean ± SD or N (%)
  2. IABP: Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump; CK-MB: Creatine Kinase-MB; LVEF: Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction.