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Table 1 Unadjusted, i.e. before matching, pre- and operative data

From: Emergency coronary artery bypass grafting using minimized versus standard extracorporeal circulation – a propensity score analysis

Variable

CECC (n=175)

MECC (n=146)

p-value

Age [years]

68.4 ± 9.74

67.8 ± 8.74

0.55

Age group [n; %]

   

<59

32

25

0.59

60 -69

64

54

70-79

56

54

>80

23

13

Male gender [n; %]

129; 73.7%

113; 77.3%

0.44

Logistic EuroSCORE [%, 95% CI]

16.0 (13.4 to 18.2)

12.8 (10.9 to 14.6)

0.07

Ejection fraction [%]

50 (40; 64)

56 (45; 70)

0.001*

Height [cm]

172 (165; 176)

172 (166; 176)

0.65

Weight [kg]

82 (73; 93)

80 (70; 90)

0.11

Atrial fibrillation, preoperative [n; %]

9; 5.1%

6; 4.1%

0.66

COPD, preoperative [n; %]

17; 9.7%

9; 6.1%

0.24

Inhalative β2-Mimetic use [n; %]

5; 2.9%

4; 2.7%

0.94

Myocardial infarction preoperative [n; %]

140; 80%

116; 79.4%

0.90

Troponin I preoperative [ng/mL)A

5.1 (1.0 to 21)

3.8 (0.4 to 0.7)

0.15

Insulin-dependent diabetes [n; %]

15; 8.6%

11; 7.6%

0.73

Non insulin-dpendent diabetes [n; %]

26; 14.8%

21; 14.3%

1.0

Diabetic nephropathy [n;%]

9, 5.1%

5; 3.4%

0.45

Serum creatinine, preoperative [mg ×dL-1]

1.0 (0.8; 1.3)

0.9 (0.8; 1.2)

0.05*

Estimated GFR < 60 mL × min-1 × 1.73 m-2 [n; %]

63; 36%

32; 22%

0.006

No of grafts [n]

2.95 ± 0.88

2.7 ± 0.80

0.006*

LIMA use [n; %]

126; 72%

121; 83%

0.02*

Bypass time [min]

96 (69; 119)

74 (54; 93)

< 0.0001*

Aortic cross clamp time [min]

47 (34; 61)

37 (27; 50)

0.0002*

  1. A – Reference values (0.01 ng/ mL to 0.1 ng/mL).