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Table 2 Operative procedures and outcomes

From: Impact of postoperative cerebral complications in acute infective endocarditis: a retrospective single-center study

  

with cerebral complications n = 20

without cerebral complications n = 11

p value

Operative indication

Heart failure unresponsive to medical therapy (%)

8 (40)

10 (91)

0.025

High embolic risk (%)

8 (40)

1 (9)

Persistent infection (%)

2 (10)

0

Perivalvular extension (%)

2 (10)

0

Emergency surgery (%)

7 (35)

1 (9)

0.086

Minimally invasive cardiac surgery (%)

11 (55)

8 (73)

0.33

Operation time (minutes)

372 (210–792)

247 (219–452)

0.085

CPB (minutes)

198 (101–410)

177 (82–248)

0.046

ACC (minutes)

115 (58–213)

94 (46–136)

0.071

Maximum ACT (seconds)

502 (388–628)

485 (405–569)

0.96

Maximum mean arterial blood pressure (mmHg)

63 (49–78)

70 (50–87)

0.0011

ICU stay (days)

3 (1–28)

2 (2–15)

0.84

Hospitalization (days)

29 (14–43)

15 (8–84)

0.23

Neurological outcomes (%)

1 (5)

1 (9)

0.66

Tracheostomy (%)

1 (5)

1 (9)

0.66

Pacemaker implantation (%)

2 (10)

0

0.18

Renal complication (%)

0

0

 

Pathological results (%)

19 (95)

5 (45)

0.0026

Early mortality (%)

0

0

 

Late mortality (%)

1 (5)

0

0.34

MACCE (%)

2 (10)

2 (18)

0.52

Events related to infection (%)

2 (10)

3 (27)

0.22

  1. ACC, aortic cross-clamp; ACT, activated clotting time; CPB, cardiopulmonary bypass time; ICU, intensive care unit; MACCE, major adverse cardiac or cerebrovascular events