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Table 1 Demographic and preoperative characteristics of the study population

From: Clinical relevance of transcranial Doppler in a cardiac surgery setting: embolic load predicts difficult separation from cardiopulmonary bypass

 

LEM

(n = 117)

(Below 133)

MEM

(n = 119)

(≥ 133 to 413)

HEM

(n = 118)

(≥ 413)

P value

Age (years)

67.14 ± 10.36

63.64 ± 12.50

64.42 ± 11.36

0.050*

Male

102(87.5)

95(79.8)

94(79.7)

0.228

BMI

28.76 ± 4.49

28.82 ± 5.58

28.52 ± 5.08

0.891

EuroSCORE II

1.47[0.9–3.1]

1.50[0.9–2.8]

1.60[1.1–4.55]

0.102

New York Heart Association III–IV

15(11.2)

12(10.1)

8(6.8)

0.299

Comorbidities

 Pulmonary hypertensiona

22(18.8)

22(18.5)

32(27.1)

0.187

 Acute kidney injurya

13(11.1)

8(6.7)

12(10.2)

0.474

 Diabetes mellitus

40(34.2)

33(27.7)

33(28)

0.472

 Arterial hypertension

91(77.8)

71(59.7)

72(61.0)

0.005†,‡

 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

7(6)

6(5)

7(5.9)

0.940

 Heart failure with reduced ejection fractiona

30(25.6)

28(23.9)

26(22.2)

0.829

 Peripheral vascular disease

30(25.6)

25(21.0)

20(16.9)

0.264

Procedures

 Urgent surgerya

26(22.2)

19(16.0)

19(16.1)

0.363

 Coronary artery bypass graft with CPB

66(56.4)

54(45.4)

20(16.9)

 < 0.001§

 Coronary artery bypass graft without CPB

31(26.5)

6(5.0)

4(3.4)

 < 0.001§

 Simple valve

10(8.5)

28(23.5)

31(26.3)

0.001§

 Complex surgerya

10(8.5)

31(26.1)

64(54.2)

 < 0.001§

Intraoperative data

 Cardiopulmonary bypass duration (min)b

67[51–94.75]

74[53.50–99.50]

98[72.75–136]

 < 0.001†,‡

 Cross-clamping time (min)b

44[33.5–67]

51[37.5–77.5]

74[56.25–106.5]

 < 0.001†,‡

 CPB Fusion membraneb

24(20.5)

40(33.6)

69(58.5)

 < 0.001§

Intraoperative fluid balance (mL)

770[232.5–1275]

745[350–1255]

632.5[− 18.25–1290]

0.350

  1. aSee Additional File 1: Table S1
  2. bOnly 306 patients undergoing CPB were included for theses analysis. Low (n = 86), moderate (n = 113) and high HITS (n = 114) group correspond to patients who had below 161 HITS, > 173 and 473 HITS and > 473 HITS, respectively
  3. *Difference between the LEM and MEM group
  4. †Difference between the LEM and HEM group
  5. ‡Difference between the HEM and MEM group
  6. §Difference between the 3 groups
  7. BMI body mass index, EuroSCORE II European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation, HEM high quantity of embolic material, HITS high-intensity transient signal, LEM low quantity of embolic material, MEM medium quantity of embolic material