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Table 2 Detailed postoperative course of group S (successful fast-track protocol) and group F (fast track protocol failure)

From: Successful fast track protocol implementation for patients undergoing transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation

 

Group S (n = 172)

Group F (n = 35)

 
 

No.

%

No.

%

 

Variables

    

p

Fluoroscopy time (min)

4.7 ± 2.5

12.9 ± 1.4

0.04

Ventilation time (h)

4.6 ± 1.0

58 ± 15

0.04

Postoperative complications

 - PM-Implantation

9

5

0

0

0.001

 - Early-PND

2

1

1

3

0.13

 - Major bleeding requiring revision

3

2

10

29

0.02

 - Gastrointestinal complications requiring endoscopic intervention

1

1

5

14

0.07

 - Acute kidney injury requiring dialysis

12

7

9

26

0.03

Early outcome

 30-day Mortality

3

2

14

40

0.001

  Sepsis/MOV

1

1

10

29

 

  Mesenteric ischemia

1

1

2

6

 

  Arryythmia

0

0

1

3

 

  Unknown

1

1

1

3

 

Hospital-stay (d)

10 ± 9

19 ± 12

0.002

  1. Group F fast track protocol failure, Group S successful fast-track protocol, MOV Multi organ failure, PM Pacemaker, PND permanent neurologic deficit