Table 1:
Characteristics of patient population
| Variable | |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | 66.8 ± 10 |
| Gender [male/female (%)] | 73/27 |
| BSA (m2) | 1.9 ± 0.2 |
| Duration of cardiopulmonary bypass (min) | 88.4 ± 5.2 |
| EuroSCORE | 5.2 ± 3.5 |
| Surgical interventions (%) | |
| CABG | 66.6 |
| Valve surgery | 15.2 |
| CABG + valve surgery | 11.9 |
| Aortic surgery | 5.1 |
| Redo | 0.2 |
| Miscellaneous | 1.1 |
| Medical history (%) | |
| Diabetes | 20.5 |
| Hypertension | 69.0 |
| Smoker | 13.2 |
| Chronic pulmonary disease | 6.7 |
| Neurological disease | 4.1 |
| NYHA (%) | |
| I | 4.6 |
| II | 19.8 |
| III | 51.6 |
| IV | 19.9 |
| Missing | 4.1 |
| Left ventricular function (%) | |
| Normal (ejection fraction 41–50%) | 67.3 |
| Subnormal (ejection fraction 31–40%) | 29.5 |
| Poor (ejection fraction <30%) | 3.2 |