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STS U.S. CARDIAC SURGERY DATABASE
1997 CAB ONLY PATIENTS
UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS: INTRAOPERATIVE VARIABLES

PATIENT POPULATION:
OPERATIVE SURVIVORS:
OPERATIVE MORTALITIES:
174,806
169,976 ( 97.24% )
4,830 ( 2.76% )
RISK VARIABLE

Count

% of Pop.

Mortality w/ Variable Present

Mortality w/ Variable Absent

Relative Risk

c2 p-Value

Blood Cardioplegia 140,271 80.24% 3,886 / 140,271 2.77% 944 / 34,535 2.73% 1.01 0.7079
Cryst Cardioplegia 34,352 19.65% 955 / 34,352 2.78% 3,875 / 140,454 2.76% 1.01 0.8304
O2 Cryst Cardioplegia 5,775 3.30% 143 / 5,775 2.48% 4,687 / 169,031 2.77% 0.89 0.1762
Antegrade Cardioplegia 155,577 89.00% 4,126 / 155,577 2.65% 704 / 19,229 3.66% 0.72 0.0000
Retrograde Cardioplegia 79,635 45.56% 2,553 / 79,635 3.21% 2,277 / 95,171 2.39% 1.34 0.0000
Warm Cardioplegia 52,789 30.20% 1,554 / 52,789 2.94% 3,276 / 122,017 2.68% 1.1 0.0024
Cold Cardioplegia 154,971 88.65% 4,225 / 154,971 2.73% 605 / 19,835 3.05% 0.89 0.0088
 
Inotropes Leaving OR 71,585 40.95% 3,220 / 71,585 4.50% 1,610 / 103,221 1.56% 2.88 0.0000
Antiarrhy Leaving OR 11,541 6.60% 814 / 11,541 7.05% 4,016 / 163,265 2.46% 2.87 0.0000
 
Atrial Pacing 33,432 19.13% 1,362 / 33,432 4.07% 3,468 / 141,374 2.45% 1.66 0.0000
Ventricular Pacing 24,235 13.86% 1,313 / 24,235 5.42% 3,517 / 150,571 2.34% 2.32 0.0000
 
Intraop IABP 4,147 2.37% 911 / 4,147 21.97% 3,919 / 170,659 2.30% 9.57 0.0000

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