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Table 3 Operative and post-operative data

From: Improved long-term outcomes after heart transplantation utilizing donors with a traumatic mode of brain death

 

Non-traumatic brain death

(N = 85)

Traumatic brain death

(N = 105)

p-value

Operative data

 Ischemic time (minutes)

157.1 ± 42.4

155.4 ± 43.2

0.815

 Days from admission to discharge

81.6 ± 12.9

76.3 ± 10.7

0.429

 Days from transplant to discharge

33.8 ± 8.6

43.2 ± 16.1

0.679

Early post-operative data

 In-hospital mortality (%)

18.2

15.2

0.101

 Primary graft dysfunction (%)

21.5

20.2

0.842

Late post-operative data

 End stage renal failure (%)

7.7

11.0

0.580

 Statin post HTx (%)

89.1

92.2

0.446

 LDL after HTx (mg/dl)

112.8 ± 34.9

111.5 ± 32.1

0.990

 Hypertension after HTx (%)

67.3

65.1

0.927

 Diabetes mellitus after HTx (%)

36.4

35.3

0.926

 Clinical CMV disease (%)

19.1

19.7

0.919

 Follow up (years)

8.6 ± 4.2

7.8 ± 4.8

0.811

 Era: after year 2000

56.6

66.7

0.173

  1. HTx Heart transplantation, LDL Low density lipoprotein, CMV Cytomegalovirus