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Table 1 Preoperative characteristics

From: Delayed sternal closure for intractable bleeding after acute type A aortic dissection repair: outcomes and risk factors analyses

Parameters

Total

DSC

PSC

P-value

n = 704

n = 109

n = 595

Clinical demographics

Age (years)

56.6 ± 13.7

57.1 ± 14.5

56.6 ± 13.5

0.716

Sex (female, n,%)

214, 30.4

34, 31.2

180, 30.3

0.844

Hypertension (n,%)

510, 72.4

75, 68.8

435, 73.1

0.355

Diabetes mellitus (n,%)

47, 6.7

5, 4.6

42, 7.1

0.342

Creatinine (mg/dL)

1.4 ± 1.4

1.6 ± 1.4

1.4 ± 1.4

0.157

End-stage renal disease (n,%)

12, 1.7

1, 0.9

11, 1.8

0.490

Preoperative condition

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

97.6 ± 19.7

96.7 ± 21.2

97.8 ± 19.4

0.600

Systolic blood pressure < 90 mmHg (n,%)

162, 23.0

29, 26.6

133, 22.4

0.332

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (n,%)

23, 3.3

5, 4.6

18, 3.0

0.399

Ventilator support (n,%)

39, 5.5

10, 9.2

29, 4.9

0.071

Repeat surgery (n,%)

25, 3.6

4, 3.7

21, 3.5

0.942

Clinical presentation

    

DeBakey type II (n,%)

68, 9.7

10, 9.2

58, 9.7

0.852

Intramural hematoma (n,%)

132, 18.8

21, 19.3

111, 18.7

0.881

Chest/back pain (n,%)

525, 74.6

83, 76.1

442, 74.3

0.682

Hemopericardium (n,%)

236, 33.5

47, 43.1

189, 31.8

0.021

Aortic regurgitation > moderate (n,%)

104, 14.8

16, 14.7

88, 14.8

0.976

Malperfusiona (n,%)

109, 15.5

29, 26.6

80, 13.4

 < 0.001

Acute myocardial infarction (n,%)

15, 2.1

5, 4.6

10, 1.7

0.053

Cerebral infarction (n,%)

29, 4.1

9, 8.3

20, 3.4

0.018

  1. DSC delayed sternal closure; PSC primary sternal closure
  2. aOccurrence of preoperative limb ischemia, cerebral infarction, paraplegia, coronary artery occlusion, and mesenteric ischemia