STS National Database
STS U.S. CARDIAC SURGERY DATABASE
1997 CAB ONLY PATIENTS
INCIDENCE OF COMPLICATIONS SUMMARY

FIRSTOP REOP
POPULATION: 161,018 POPULATION: 13,788
COMPLICATION # OF PATIENTS % OF POP. # OF PATIENTS % OF POP.
 
Operative  

Reop/Bleeding

3,743 2.32% 427 3.10%

Reop/Valve Dysfunction

19 0.01% 3 0.02%

Reop/Graft Occlusion

237 0.15% 58 0.42%

Reop/Other Cardiac

1,348 0.84% 203 1.47%

Reop/Non Cardiac

2,769 1.72% 382 2.77%

Perioperative MI

1,741 1.08% 436 3.16%
Infection  

Sternum-Superficial

1,170 0.73% 109 0.79%

Sternum-Deep

1,009 0.63% 90 0.65%

Leg

2,035 1.26% 193 1.40%

IABP Site

37 0.02% 14 0.10%

Septicemia

1,477 0.92% 233 1.69%

Urinary Tract Infection

2,452 1.52% 224 1.62%
Neurologic  

Stroke-Permanent

2,651 1.65% 296 2.15%

Stroke-Transient

1,194 0.74% 125 0.91%

Delirium

4,212 2.62% 485 3.52%

Continuous Coma > 24 Hrs

695 0.43% 105 0.76%
Pulmonary  

Ventilation > 1 Day

8,791 5.46% 1,470 10.66%

Pulmonary Embolism

524 0.33% 42 0.30%

Pulmonary Edema

3,415 2.12% 518 3.76%

ARDS

1,398 0.87% 257 1.86%

Pneumonia

3,938 2.45% 592 4.29%
Renal

Renal Failure

5,063 3.14% 702 5.09%

Dialysis Required

1,401 0.87% 209 1.52%
Valvular  

Structural Deterioration

11 0.01% 4 0.03%

NonStructural Dysfunction

10 0.01% 2 0.01%

Thromboembolism

30 0.02% 3 0.02%

Valve Thrombus

2 0.00% 0 0.00%

Anticoagulant Complication

56 0.03% 7 0.05%

Prosthetic Valve SBE

1 0.00% 0 0.00%
Vascular  

Aortic Dissection

52 0.03% 4 0.03%

Iliac/Femoral Dissection

43 0.03% 7 0.05%

Acute Limb Ischemia

695 0.43% 147 1.07%
Other  

Heart Block (Requiring Perm PM)

1,301 0.81% 129 0.94%

Cardiac Arrest

2,348 1.46% 490 3.55%

Anticoagulant Complication

913 0.57% 129 0.94%

Tamponade

623 0.39% 76 0.55%

GI Complication

3,939 2.45% 443 3.21%

Multisystem Failure

970 0.60% 178 1.29%

Atrial Fibrillation

31,192 19.37% 2,572 18.65%
 

Readmission = 30 Days

8,407 5.22% 762 5.53%
 
NO COMPLICATION LISTED ABOVE 103,518 64.29% 7,999 58.01%

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