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Table 1 Comparison of preoperative clinical variables and postoperative outcome by patients groups

From: How decisive is the number of distal arterial anastomoses in coronary bypass surgery?

Ā 

All patients

(NĀ =ā€‰3685)

One arterial graft

(NĀ =ā€‰969)

Two arterial grafts

(NĀ =ā€‰1883)

Three arterial grafts

(NĀ =ā€‰833)

P value

Age -- year

64ā€‰Ā±ā€‰10

66ā€‰Ā±ā€‰10

64ā€‰Ā±ā€‰10

61ā€‰Ā±ā€‰9

0.001

Male sex

3142 (85%)

750 (77%)

1599 (84%)

793 (95%)

0.001

Heart Failure NYHAā€‰ā‰„ā€‰2

526 (14%)

293 (30)%

176 (9%)

57 (7%)

0.001

Diabetes

590 (16%)

210 (17%)

311 (16%)

69 (8%)

0.004

3-vessel disease

2657 (72%)

553 (57%)

1282 (68%)

822 (99%)

0.001

Left main lesion

620 (17%)

170 (18%)

352 (19%)

98 (12%)

0.005

LV ejection fraction %

59ā€‰Ā±ā€‰13

51ā€‰Ā±ā€‰16

60ā€‰Ā±ā€‰12

61ā€‰Ā±ā€‰12

0.001

Distal Anastomoses

3ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.8

2.9ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.9

2.9ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.8

3.4ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.6

0.001

Distal Arterial Anastomoses

2.4ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1

1.2ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.4

2.5ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.6

3.4ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.6

0.001

ā€ƒDAAā€‰=ā€‰1

795 (22%)

795 (82%)

0

0

0.001

ā€ƒDAAā€‰=ā€‰2

1142 (31%)

163 (16.9%)

979 (52%)

0

Ā 

ā€ƒDAAā€‰=ā€‰3

1337 (36%)

9 (0.9%)

813 (43%)

515 (62%)

Ā 

ā€ƒDAAā€‰ā‰„ā€‰4

411 (11%)

2 (0.2%)

91 (5%)

318 (38%)

Ā 

Single ITA

1208 (33%)

969 (100%)

239 (13%)

0

N/A

Both ITA

2477 (67%)

0

1644 (87%)

833 (100%)

N/A

Sequential ITA

1377 (37%)

162 (17%)

895 (48%)

320 (38%)

0.001

Associated GEA

1072 (29%)

0

239 (13%)

833 (100%)

N/A

Associated Vein

1572 (43%)

969 (100%)

599 (32%)

4 (5%)

0.001

Complete Revascularization

2284 (62%)

460 (47%)

1130 (60%)

694 (83%)

0.001

Clamp Time ā€“ min.

51ā€‰Ā±ā€‰14

44ā€‰Ā±ā€‰12

49ā€‰Ā±ā€‰14

59ā€‰Ā±ā€‰13

0.01

CPB time ā€“ min.

68ā€‰Ā±ā€‰21

66ā€‰Ā±ā€‰17

65ā€‰Ā±ā€‰17

76ā€‰Ā±ā€‰27

0.01

1-month Mortality

59 (1.6%)

21 (2.1%)

27 (1.4%)

11 (1.3%)

0.432

Mean Follow-up--year

13.1ā€‰Ā±ā€‰7.3

11.5ā€‰Ā±ā€‰7.4

12.9ā€‰Ā±ā€‰6.9

15.1ā€‰Ā±ā€‰7.5

0.001

Lost of follow-up at 1ā€‰year

112 (3%)

34 (3.5%)

52 (2.7%)

26 (3.1%)

0.321

  1. NYHA New York heart association, LV Left ventricular, DAA Distal arterial anastomoses, ITA Internal thoracic artery, GEA Gastro-epiploic artery, min. Minutes, CPB Cardio-pulmonary bypass, N/A Non appropriate