STS National Database
STS U.S. CARDIAC SURGERY DATABASE
1997 MITRAL VALVE REPAIR PATIENTS
UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS: POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS

PATIENT POPULATION:
OPERATIVE SURVIVORS:
OPERATIVE MORTALITIES:
2,000
1,955 ( 97.75% )
45 ( 2.25% )
RISK VARIABLE Count % of Pop. Mortality w/ Variable Present Mortality w/ Variable Absent Relative Risk c2 p-Value
 
Operative  
Reop/Bleeding 62 3.10% 7 / 62 11.29% 38 / 1,938 1.96% 5.76 0.0000
Reop/Valve Dysfunction 18 0.90% 3 / 18 16.67% 42 / 1,982 2.12% 7.87 0.0000
Reop/Graft Occlusion 0       45 / 2,000 2.25%    
Reop/Other Cardiac 30 1.50% 3 / 30 10.00% 42 / 1,970 2.13% 4.69 0.0039
Reop/Non Cardiac 28 1.40% 7 / 28 25.00% 38 / 1,972 1.93% 12.97 0.0000
Perioperative MI 12 0.60% 0 / 12 0.00% 45 / 1,988 2.26% 0.00 0.5981
Infection  
Sternum-Superficial 8 0.40% 0 / 8 0.00% 45 / 1,992 2.26% 0.00 0.6672
Sternum-Deep 8 0.40% 1 / 8 12.50% 44 / 1,992 2.21% 5.66 0.0501
Leg 1 0.05% 0 / 1 0.00% 45 / 1,999 2.25% 0.00 0.8794
IABP Site 0       45 / 2,000 2.25%    
Septicemia 24 1.20% 7 / 24 29.17% 38 / 1,976 1.92% 15.17 0.0000
Urinary Tract Infection 34 1.70% 5 / 34 14.71% 40 / 1,966 2.03% 7.23 0.0000
Neurologic  
Stroke-Permanent 37 1.85% 7 / 37 18.92% 38 / 1,963 1.94% 9.77 0.0000
Stroke-Transient 29 1.45% 1 / 29 3.45% 44 / 1,971 2.23% 1.54 0.6612
Delirium 42 2.10% 3 / 42 7.14% 42 / 1,958 2.15% 3.33 0.0307
Continuous Coma > 24 Hrs 12 0.60% 6 / 12 50.00% 39 / 1,988 1.96% 25.49 0.0000
Pulmonary  
Ventilation > 1 Day 105 5.25% 25 / 105 23.81% 20 / 1,895 1.06% 22.56 0.0000
Pulmonary Embolism 3 0.15% 0 / 3 0.00% 45 / 1,997 2.25% 0.00 0.7926
Pulmonary Edema 52 2.60% 3 / 52 5.77% 42 / 1,948 2.16% 2.68 0.0829
ARDS 14 0.70% 5 / 14 35.71% 40 / 1,986 2.01% 17.73 0.0000
Pneumonia 35 1.75% 8 / 35 22.86% 37 / 1,965 1.88% 12.14 0.0000
Renal  
Renal Failure 47 2.35% 18 / 47 38.30% 27 / 1,953 1.38% 27.70 0.0000
Dialysis Required 14 0.70% 8 / 14 57.14% 37 / 1,986 1.86% 30.67 0.0000
Valvular  
Structural Deterioration 8 0.40% 2 / 8 25.00% 43 / 1,992 2.16% 11.58 0.0000
NonStructural Dysfunction 8 0.40% 1 / 8 12.50% 44 / 1,992 2.21% 5.66 0.0501
Thromboembolism 3 0.15% 1 / 3 33.33% 44 / 1,997 2.20% 15.13 0.0003
Valve Thrombus 3 0.15% 1 / 3 33.33% 44 / 1,997 2.20% 15.13 0.0003
Anticoagulant Complication 12