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. 2024 Feb 7;10(8):737–749. doi: 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcae010

Table 2.

Perioperative and operative data of patients according to overall survival

Variable Patients (n = 720) Alive (n = 318) Dead (n = 402) P-value
Type of rupturec
 Anterior VSR
Posterior VSR
229 (54.5)
191 (45.5)
109 (59.2)
75 (40.8)
120 (50.8)
116 (49.2)
0.087
 Oozing LVFWR
Blowout LVFWR
81 (57.0)
61 (43.0)
39 (67.2)
19 (32.8)
42 (50.0)
42 (50.0)
0.041
 Partial PMR
Complete PMR
37 (39.8)
57 (60.2)
16 (40.0)
24 (60.0)
21 (39.6)
32 (60.4)
0.971
Repair technique or procedure to treat post-AMI MCc
Infarct exclusion
Other VSR repair
81 (18.8)
350 (81.2)
43 (22.8)
146 (77.2)
38 (15.7)
204 (84.3)
0.063
 Sutured LVFWR repair
Sutureless LVFWR repair
96 (64.9)
52 (35.1)
32 (52.5)
29 (47.5)
64 (73.6)
23 (26.4)
0.008
MV replacement
MV repair
118 (78.7)
32 (21.3)
53 (79.1)
14 (20.9)
65 (78.3)
18 (21.7)
0.906
Pericardiocentesis (LVFWR) 30 (20.0) 9 (14.8) 21 (23.3) 0.195
CPB 665 (92.4) 293 (92.1) 372 (92.5) 0.841
ACC 640 (88.9) 287 (90.3) 353 (87.8) 0.301
CPB time (min) 133.0 (98.0–177.0) 124.0 (90.0–164.0) 138.0 (103.0–181.5) 0.002
ACC time (min) 84.0 (65.0–112.5) 80.0 (60.0–108.5) 89.0 (68.3–115.0) 0.008
Concomitant CABG 340 (47.2) 156 (49.1) 184 (45.8) 0.381
Post-operative IABP 358 (56.7) 129 (48.5) 229 (62.7) <0.001
Post-operative ECMO 82 (12.3) 24 (8.0) 58 (15.8) 0.002
Post-operative inotropes 549 (80.0) 242 (76.1) 315 (81.0) 0.115
Rethoracotomy for bleedinga 82 (12.0) 23 (7.2) 59 (16.0) <0.001
Reoperationa 62 (9.0) 24 (7.5) 38 (10.3) 0.206
Rupture recurrencea
Requiring reinterventiona
77 (11.2%)
32 (4.7)
24 (7.5%)
12 (3.8)
48 (13.0%)
20 (5.4)
0.019
0.304
Intensive care unit staya (h) 144.0 (71.8–271.5) 120.0 (56.0–217.5) 168.0 (72.0–317.0) 0.005
Post-operative CVVHDFa 138 (20.1) 41 (12.9) 97 (26.4) <0.001
Post-operative LCOSa 187 (26.0) 41 (12.9) 146 (39.7) <0.001
Post-operative cerebral eventa 50 (6.9) 18 (5.7) 32 (8.7) 0.127
Discharge PODb 15.0 (10.0–26.0) 15.0 (10.0–23.0) 17.0 (10.0–30.0) 0.167
Post-operative LVEFa (%) 45.0 (37.5–50.0) 45.0 (40.0–50.0) 41.5 (35.0–48.0) 0.018

Values are median (interquartile range) or n (%).

VSR, ventricular septal rupture; LVFWR, left ventricular free-wall rupture; PMR, papillary muscle rupture; AMI, acute myocardial infarction; MC, mechanical complication; MV, mitral valve; CPB, cardiopulmonary bypass; ACC, aortic cross-clamping; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; IABP, intra-aortic balloon pump; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; h, hours; CVVHDF, continuous veno-venous haemodiafiltration; LCOS, low-cardiac output syndrome; POD, post-operative day; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction.

a

Operative survivors (n = 686).

b

Hospital survivors (n = 451).

c

Type of rupture and repair technique or procedure were calculated for patients with LVFWR (n = 150), VSR (n = 451), and PMR (n = 153), respectively.