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

PATIENT POPULATION:
OPERATIVE SURVIVORS:
OPERATIVE MORTALITIES:
4,605
4,345 ( 94.35% )
260 ( 5.65% )
RISK VARIABLE Count % of Pop. Mortality w/ Variable Present Mortality w/ Variable Absent Relative Risk c2 p-Value
 
Operative  
Reop/Bleeding 227 4.93% 40 / 227 17.62% 220 / 4,378 5.03% 3.51 0.0000
Reop/Valve Dysfunction 27 0.59% 5 / 27 18.52% 255 / 4,578 5.57% 3.32 0.0037
Reop/Graft Occlusion 0       260 / 4,605 5.65%    
Reop/Other Cardiac 142 3.08% 25 / 142 17.61% 235 / 4,463 5.27% 3.34 0.0000
Reop/Non Cardiac 131 2.84% 25 / 131 19.08% 235 / 4,474 5.25% 3.63 0.0000
Perioperative MI 28 0.61% 8 / 28 28.57% 252 / 4,577 5.51% 5.19 0.0000
Infection  
Sternum-Superficial 28 0.61% 1 / 28 3.57% 259 / 4,577 5.66% 0.63 0.6333
Sternum-Deep 14 0.30% 5 / 14 35.71% 255 / 4,591 5.55% 6.43 0.0000
Leg 14 0.30% 1 / 14 7.14% 259 / 4,591 5.64% 1.27 0.8080
IABP Site 3 0.07% 0 / 3 0.00% 260 / 4,602 5.65% 0.00 0.6717
Septicemia 107 2.32% 45 / 107 42.06% 215 / 4,498 4.78% 8.80 0.0000
Urinary Tract Infection 98 2.13% 10 / 98 10.20% 250 / 4,507 5.55% 1.84 0.0481
Neurologic  
Stroke-Permanent 105 2.28% 31 / 105 29.52% 229 / 4,500 5.09% 5.80 0.0000
Stroke-Transient 45 0.98% 3 / 45 6.67% 257 / 4,560 5.64% 1.18 0.7656
Delirium 131 2.84% 15 / 131 11.45% 245 / 4,474 5.48% 2.09 0.0035
Continuous Coma > 24 Hrs 54 1.17% 45 / 54 83.33% 215 / 4,551 4.72% 17.64 0.0000
Pulmonary  
Ventilation > 1 Day 497 10.79% 124 / 497 24.95% 136 / 4,108 3.31% 7.54 0.0000
Pulmonary Embolism 7 0.15% 3 / 7 42.86% 257 / 4,598 5.59% 7.67 0.0000
Pulmonary Edema 165 3.58% 30 / 165 18.18% 230 / 4,440 5.18% 3.51 0.0000
ARDS 61 1.32% 24 / 61 39.34% 236 / 4,544 5.19% 7.58 0.0000
Pneumonia 188 4.08% 44 / 188 23.40% 216 / 4,417 4.89% 4.79 0.0000
Renal  
Renal Failure 276 5.99% 92 / 276 33.33% 168 / 4,329 3.88% 8.59 0.0000
Dialysis Required 80 1.74% 35 / 80 43.75% 225 / 4,525 4.97% 8.80 0.0000
Valvular  
Structural Deterioration 14 0.30% 9 / 14 64.29% 251 / 4,591 5.47% 11.76 0.0000
NonStructural Dysfunction 9 0.20% 3 / 9 33.33% 257 / 4,596 5.59% 5.96 0.0003
Thromboembolism 6 0.13% 1 / 6 16.67% 259 / 4,599 5.63% 2.96 0.2419
Valve Thrombus 2 0.04% 0 / 2 0.00% 260 / 4,603 5.65% 0.00