Table 3.
Outcomes and causes of in-hospital death
| Variable | Patients (n = 720) |
|---|---|
| Intraoperative mortality | 34 (4.7) |
| In-hospital mortality | 269 (37.4) |
| Causes of deatha | |
| On-table death | 34 (12.6) |
| LCOS | 94 (34.9) |
| MOF | 46 (17.1) |
| Re-rupture | 20 (7.4) |
| Bowel infarction | 10 (3.7) |
| CVA | 13 (4.8) |
| Sepsis/mediastinitis/pneumonia | 20 (7.4) |
| AMI | 6 (2.2) |
| AKI | 9 (3.3) |
| Other | 7 (2.6) |
| Unknown | 10 (3.7) |
| Main post-operative complicationsb | |
| Cardiac | |
| LCOS/ventricular failure | 224 (32.7) |
| Re-rupture | 78 (11.4) |
| Atrial fibrillation | 109 (15.9) |
| PM implantation | 15 (2.2) |
| AMI | 16 (2.3) |
| Cardiac tamponade | 19 (2.8) |
| Pulmonary | |
| Pneumonia | 71 (10.3) |
| ARDS | 35 (5.1) |
| Infectious | |
| Sepsis | 77 (11.2) |
| Mediastinitis | 9 (1.3) |
| Urinary tract infection | 13 (1.9) |
| Renal | |
| AKI | 202 (29.4) |
| Dialysis | 138 (20.1) |
| Neurological | |
| Stroke | 42 (6.1) |
| Intracranial haemorrhage | 10 (1.5) |
| Delirium | 31 (4.5) |
| Gastrointestinal | |
| Bowel infarction | 12 (1.7) |
| Bleeding | 1 (0.1) |
| Late mortalityc | 133 (29.5) |
| Overall mortality | 402 (55.8) |
Values are n (%).
LCOS, low cardiac output syndrome; MOF, multiorgan failure; CVA, cerebrovascular accident; AMI, acute myocardial infarction; AKI, acute kidney injury; PM, pacemaker; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome.
a
Among 269 patients who died in-hospital.
b
Among 686 patients who survived surgery.
c
Among 451 patients who survived to hospital discharge.