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Table 3 Post-operative complications

From: Short-term clinical outcomes after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting at a single Veterans Affairs Medical Center

 

All patients (n = 252)

Off-Pump (n = 170)

On-pump (n = 82)

P-value

30-day composite

15 (6 %)

6 (3.5 %)

9 (11 %)

0.019*

30-day mortality

5 (1.9 %)

3 (1.7 %)

2 (2.4 %)

0.70

Cardiac arrest

1 (0.4 %)

1 (0.6 %)

0

0.49

Renal failure requiring dialysis

1 (0.4 %)

1 (0.6 %)

0

0.49

Stroke

2 (0.8 %)

0

2 (2.4 %)

0.044*

Coma

1 (0.4 %)

0

1 (1.2 %)

0.15

Bleeding requiring reoperation

2 (0.8 %)

1 (0.6 %)

1 (1.2 %)

0.60

Tracheostomy

1 (0.4 %)

1 (0.6 %)

0

0.49

Mediastinitis

6 (2.4 %)

6 (3.5 %)

0

0.088

New mechanical support

3 (1 %)

0

3 (3.6 %)

0.013*

  1. 30-day Composite – Death, Reoperation, New mechanical support, Cardiac arrest, Coma, Stroke, or Renal failure