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Table 1 Baseline and Characteristics

From: A comparison of heparinised and non-heparinised normal saline solutions for maintaining the patency of arterial pressure measurement cannulae after heart surgery

Variable

NS group (n = 170)

Heparin group (n = 2930)

P value

Age (year)

60.3 ± 9.9

58.1 ± 12.0

< 0.05

Gender (male)

114, 3.9%

958, 32.7%

0.9

Weight (kg)

66.4 ± 15.2

65.2 ± 14.1

0.3

NYHA class

  

0.3

 I (n,%)

0

0

 

 II (n,%)

20, 11.8%

353, 12.0%

 

 III (n,%)

48, 28.2%

952, 32.5%

 

 IV (n,%)

102, 60.0%

1625, 55.5%

 

EuroSCORE

3.3 ± 2.6

4.5 ± 3.4

< 0.001

Previous Medical History

 Acute Myocardial infarction (n,%)

103, 60.6%

1380,47.1%

0.003

 Arrhythmia (n,%)

75, 44.1%

1259, 43.0%

0.8

 Diabetes Mellitus (n,%)

70, 41.2%

1074, 36.7%

0.2

 Chronic Renal Failure (n,%)

47, 27.6%

594, 20.3%

< 0.05

 Hypertension (n,%)

123, 72.3%

1840, 62.8%

< 0.05

 Liver Disease (n,%)

7, 4.1%

179, 6.1%

0.3

 Smoking

91, 53.5%

1480, 50.5%

0.4

 Alcohol drinking (n,%)

95, 55.9%

1834, 62.6%

0.1

Preoperative LVEF (%)

46.1 ± 4.0

45.9 ± 5.6

0.8

Preoperative LVDd (mm)

58.1 ± 9.9

59.1 ± 9.7

0.2

CPB time (minutes)

155.3 ± 66.9

132.4 ± 68.9

< 0.001

ACC time (minutes)

122.6 ± 55.0

118.8 ± 67.5

0.4

Surgical Procedures

  

0.1

 On-Pump CABG (n,%)

29, 17.0%

373, 12.7%

 

 Off-Pump CABG (n,%)

46, 27.1%

634, 21.6%

 

 Valves (n,%)

61, 35.9%

1363, 46.6%

 

 CABG+ Valves (n,%)

34, 20.0%

560, 19.1%

 
  1. NYHA: New York Heart Association, CPB: Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Median (Interquartile Range), CABG: Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, ACC: Aortic Cross Clamp, LVDd: Left Ventricular End-Diastolic diameter, LVEF: Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction, Mean ± SD, NS: Normal Saline