STS National Database
STS CANADIAN CARDIAC SURGERY DATABASE
1997 AORTIC + MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT PATIENTS
UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS: POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS

PATIENT POPULATION:
OPERATIVE SURVIVORS: 
OPERATIVE MORTALITIES:
51
49 (96.08%)
2 ( 3.92% )
RISK VARIABLE Count % of Pop. Mortality w/ Variable Present Mortality w/ Variable Absent Relative Risk c2 p-Value
 
Operative  
Reop/Bleeding 8 15.69% 0/8 0.00% 2/43 4.65% 0.00 0.5337
Reop/Valve Dysfunction 0       2/51 3.92%    
Reop/Graft Occlusion 0       2/51 3.92%    
Reop/Other Cardiac 1 1.96% 0/1 0.00% 2/50 4.00% 0.00 0.8383
Reop/Non Cardiac 1 1.96% 1/1 100.00% 1/50 2.00% 50.00 0.0000
Perioperative MI 0       2/51 3.92%    
Infection  
Sternum-Superficial 0       2/51 3.92%    
Sternum-Deep 0       2/51 3.92%    
Leg 0       2/51 3.92%    
IABP Site 0       2/51 3.92%    
Septicemia 2 3.92% 2/2 100.00% 0/49 0.00%   0.0000
Urinary Tract Infection 5 9.80% 0/5 0.00% 2/46 4.35% 0.00 0.6343
Neurologic  
Stroke-Permanent 3 5.88% 0/3 0.00% 2/48 4.17% 0.00 0.7183
Stroke-Transient 0       2/51 3.92%    
Delirium 3 5.88% 0/3 0.00% 2/48 4.17% 0.00 0.7183
Continuous Coma > 24 Hrs 0       2/51 3.92%    
Pulmonary  
Ventilation > 1 Day 7 13.73% 2/7 28.57% 0/44 0.00%   0.0003
Pulmonary Embolism 0       2/51 3.92%    
Pulmonary Edema 5 9.80% 2/5 40.00% 0/46 0.00%   0.0000
ARDS 1 1.96% 1/1 100.00% 1/50 2.00% 50.00 0.0000
Pneumonia 1 1.96% 1/1 100.00% 1/50 2.00% 50.00 0.0000
Renal  
Renal Failure 6 11.76% 2/6 33.33% 0/45 0.00%   0.0001
Dialysis Required 3 5.88% 2/3 66.67% 0/48 0.00%   0.0000
Valvular  
Structural Deterioration 0       2/51 3.92%    
NonStructural Dysfunction 0       2/51 3.92%    
Thromboembolism 0       2/51 3.92%    
Valve Thrombus 0       2/51 3.92%    
Anticoagulant Complication 1 1.96% 0/1 0.00% 2/50 4.00% 0.00 0.8383
Prosthetic Valve SBE 0       2/51 3.92%    
Vascular  
Aortic Dissection 0       2/51 3.92%    
Iliac/Femoral Dissection 0       2/51 3.92%    
Acute Limb Ischemia 0       2/51 3.92%    
Other  
Heart Block (Requiring Perm PM) 1 1.96% 0/1