Table 1 Preoperative characteristics of the patients (n = 826)
From: Analysis of risk factors of multiorgan failure after pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis
Variable | Value |
|---|---|
Female/male, n | 280/546 |
Age, years | 53.9 ± 0.6 (range 17.0 to 73.0) |
Weight before diuresis, kg | 56.1 ± 0.4 (range 36.0 to 80.0) |
Weight after diuresis, kg | 53.8 ± 0.4 (range 34.0 to 75.0) |
Time between symptoms and surgery, month | 9.3 ± 0.9 (range 0.3 to 120.3) |
BMI before diuresis, kg/m2 | 21.9 ± 0.1 (range 15.4 to 31.3) |
BMI after diuresis, kg/m2 | 21.0 ± 0.1 (range 14.5 to 28.2) |
NYHA class | |
II, n | 462 (55.9%) |
III, n | 347 (42.0%) |
IV, n | 17 (2.1%) |
Cachexia, n | 33 (4.0%) |
Pulmonary tuberculosis, n | 17 (2.1%) |
Rheumatic heart disease, n | 33 (4.0%) |
Infective endocarditis, n | 9 (1.1%) |
Valvular heart disease, n | 34 (4.1%) |
Coronary heart disease, n | 28 (3.4%) |
Pleural effusion, n | 74 (9.0%) |
Preoperative LVEDD, mm | 41.7 ± 0.2 (range 29.0 to 60.0) |
Preoperative LVEF, % | 62.5 ± 0.3 (range 51.0 to 77.0) |
Aortic insufficiency, n | 58 (7.0%) |
Mitral regurgitation, n | 70 (8.5%) |
Preoperative tricuspid insufficiency, cm2 | 1.8 ± 0.1 (range 0.0 to 13.5) |
Thickened pericardium, n | 825 (99.9%) |
Thickness of pericardium, mm | 20.2 ± 0.3 (range 3.0 to 30.0) |
Tuberculosis pericarditis, n | 434 (52.5%) |
Pericardial effusion, n | 406 (49.2%) |
Pericardial calcification, n | 196 (23.7%) |
Patients with CPB, n | 76 (9.2%) |