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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 Jun 3;116(6):1301–1308. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2023.04.041

Table 2.

Complication-specific incidence and Failure to Rescue Rates

Complication Complication-Specific Incidence; Overall: 33.9% (n = 14,773 / 43,641) Complication-specific Failure to Rescue Rate; Overall: 6.02% (n = 884 / 14,773
Post-operative Renal Failure 2.67% (1165) 30.6% (356)
Reoperation 2.69% (1175) 17.6% (207)
Permanent Stroke 1.31% (570) 16.8% (96)
Prolonged Ventilation 9.16% (3998) 16.7% (667)
STS-Defined FTR Composite (i.e., the above 4 complications) 12.2% (5315) 13.8% (735)
Cardiac Arrest 1.85% (807) 55.0% (444)
STS Complications + Cardiac Arrest 12.5% (5475) 14.9% (815)
Sepsis 0.96% (420) 35.9% (151)
Anticoagulation event 0.60% (263) 25.9% (68)
GI Event 2.53% (1105) 17.6% (194)
Pneumonia 2.31% (1009) 17.1% (173)
Venothromboembolism 1.23% (538) 8.36% (45)
Atrial Fibrillation 23.7% (10360) 3.41% (353)
Surgical Site Infection 1.3% (586) 3.92% (23)
Deep Sternal Wound Infection 0.29% (126) 4.76% (6)

Complication-specific incidence and FTR rates are not exclusive (i.e., a patient with post-operative renal failure and cardiac arrest will be counted in both rows). Anticoagulation Event and GI Event are defined as per the STS ACSD (Supplemental Table 3).10