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STS CANADIAN CARDIAC SURGERY DATABASE
1997 AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT PATIENTS
UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS: INTRAOPERATIVE VARIABLES
PATIENT POPULATION:
OPERATIVE SURVIVORS:
OPERATIVE MORTALITIES:
279
269 ( 96.42% )
10 ( 3.58% )
RISK VARIABLE Count % of Pop. Mortality w/ Variable Present Mortality w/ Variable Absent Relative Risk c2 p-Value
Blood Cardioplegia 261 93.55% 10/261 3.83% 0/18 0.00%   0.3977
Cryst Cardioplegia 26 9.32% 0/26 0.00% 10/253 3.95% 0.00 0.3019
O2 Cryst Cardioplegia 8 2.87% 0/8 0.00% 10/271 3.69% 0.00 0.5800
Antegrade Cardioplegia 244 87.46% 10/244 4.10% 0/35 0.00%   0.2226
Retrograde Cardioplegia 135 48.39% 8/135 5.93% 2/144 1.39% 4.27 0.0416
Warm Cardioplegia 104 37.28% 8/104 7.69% 2/175 1.14% 6.73 0.0044
Cold Cardioplegia 218 78.14% 5/218 2.29% 5/61 8.20% 0.28 0.0284
 
Inotropes Leaving OR 110 39.43% 5/110 4.55% 5/169 2.96% 1.54 0.4859
Antiarrhy Leaving OR 7 2.51% 0/7 0.00% 10/272 3.68% 0.00 0.6054
 
Atrial Pacing 79 28.32% 5/79 6.33% 5/200 2.50% 2.53 0.1211
Ventricular Pacing 51 18.28% 2/51 3.92% 8/228 3.51% 1.12 0.8860
 
Intraop IABP 2 0.72% 2/2 100.00% 8/277 2.89% 34.63 0.0000

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