STS National Database
STS CANADIAN CARDIAC SURGERY DATABASE
1997 AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT PATIENTS
UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS: POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS
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
 
Operative  
Reop/Bleeding 12 4.30% 1/12 8.33% 9/267 3.37% 2.47 0.3657
Reop/Valve Dysfunction 0       10/279 3.58%    
Reop/Graft Occlusion 0       10/279 3.58%    
Reop/Other Cardiac 6 2.15% 0/6 0.00% 10/273 3.66% 0.00 0.6330
Reop/Non Cardiac 5 1.79% 0/5 0.00% 10/274 3.65% 0.00 0.6635
Perioperative MI 4 1.43% 1/4 25.00% 9/275 3.27% 7.64 0.0203
Infection  
Sternum-Superficial 3 1.08% 0/3 0.00% 10/276 3.62% 0.00 0.7371
Sternum-Deep 3 1.08% 1/3 33.33% 9/276 3.26% 10.22 0.0053
Leg 0       10/279 3.58%    
IABP Site 0       10/279 3.58%    
Septicemia 3 1.08% 1/3 33.33% 9/276 3.26% 10.22 0.0053
Urinary Tract Infection 18 6.45% 0/18 0.00% 10/261 3.83% 0.00 0.3977
Neurologic  
Stroke-Permanent 10 3.58% 1/10 10.00% 9/269 3.35% 2.99 0.2664
Stroke-Transient 6 2.15% 0/6 0.00% 10/273 3.66% 0.00 0.6330
Delirium 26 9.32% 3/26 11.54% 7/253 2.77% 4.17 0.0220
Continuous Coma > 24 Hrs 3 1.08% 0/3 0.00% 10/276 3.62% 0.00 0.7371
Pulmonary  
Ventilation > 1 Day 18 6.45% 3/18 16.67% 7/261 2.68% 6.21 0.0020
Pulmonary Embolism 1 0.36% 0/1 0.00% 10/278 3.60% 0.00 0.8468
Pulmonary Edema 18 6.45% 3/18 16.67% 7/261 2.68% 6.21 0.0020
ARDS 3 1.08% 0/3 0.00% 10/276 3.62% 0.00 0.7371
Pneumonia 8 2.87% 0/8 0.00% 10/271 3.69% 0.00 0.5800
Renal  
Renal Failure 28 10.04% 4/28 14.29% 6/251 2.39% 5.98 0.0013
Dialysis Required 5 1.79% 0/5 0.00% 10/274 3.65% 0.00 0.6635
Valvular  
Structural Deterioration 1 0.36% 0/1 0.00% 10/278 3.60% 0.00 0.8468
NonStructural Dysfunction 0       10/279 3.58%    
Thromboembolism 1 0.36% 0/1 0.00% 10/278 3.60% 0.00 0.8468
Valve Thrombus 0       10/279 3.58%    
Anticoagulant Complication 0       10/279 3.58%    
Prosthetic Valve SBE 1 0.36% 1/1 100.00% 9/278 3.24% 30.89 0.0000
Vascular  
Aortic Dissection