Table 1.
Demographic data
| Variable (n=24 patients) | Mean ± SD Percentage (n) |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | 55.2 ± 9.44 |
| Gender (Male) | 79% (19) |
| Procedure | |
| Heart transplant | 21% (6) |
| VAD insertion/replacement | 54% (13) |
| Other procedures | 22% (5) |
| Race | |
| African American | 37% (9) |
| Caucasian | 54% (13) |
| Other | 4% (2) |
| BMI | 32.0 ± 9.80 |
| Height (m) | 1.75 ± 0.09 |
| Weight (kg) | 98.3 ± 30.2 |
| Preoperative Anti heparin/PF4 Antibody OD value | 1.39 ± 0.89 |
| Nonischemic cardiomyopathy | 62% (15) |
| Ischemic cardiomyopathy | 29% (7) |
| Coronary artery disease | 33% (8) |
| Mod-Sev Aortic stenosis/regurgitation | 50% (12) |
| Atrial fibrillation/flutter | 50% (12) |
| Diabetes | 42% (10) |
| Hypertension | 67% (16) |
| Smoker | 8% (2) |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 62% (15) |
| CKD | 42% (10) |
| ESRD | 4% (1) |
| Previous MI | 25% (6) |
| Previous stroke | 12% (3) |
| Prior VTE | 29% (7) |
| Peripheral Vascular Disease | 8% (2) |
| Mechanical circulatory support | 67% (16) |
| preoperative IABP | 58% (9) |
| preoperative VA ECMO | 8% (5) |
| preoperative VV ECMO | 4% (2) |
| Preoperative LVAD | 25% (6) |
| Redo sternotomy | 29% (7) |