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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 May 23;94(2):436–444. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.04.020

Table 2.

Clinical Characteristics According to Surgical Status

Variable Elective
(N=425)
Urgent
(N=1,007)
Emergent
(N=1,215)
Salvage
(N=215)
P-value*
   Demographics
Age, years(SD) 68(±11) 67(±11) 69(±11) 68(±10) <0.01
Male gender, n(%) 264(62.1%) 557(55.3%) 683(56.2%) 113(52.6%) 0.06
Caucasian race, n(%) 372(87.5%) 868(86.2%) 1,061(87.3%) 191(88.8%) 0.9
Body mass index, (SD) 27.8(±5.1) 27.6(±5.2) 28.0(±5.4) 28.0(5.2) 0.4
   Co-morbidities
Hypertension, n(%) 304(71.6%) 670(66.5%) 772(63.5%) 133(61.9%) 0.03
Insulin dependent diabetes, n(%) 35(8.2%) 102(10.1%) 98(8.1%) 17(7.9%) 0.6
Smoking history, n(%) 80(18.8%) 254(25.2%) 336(27.7%) 50(23.3%) <0.01
Serum creatinine, mg/ml(SD) 1.3(±0.8) 1.4(±0.9) 1.6(±1.0) 1.6(±0.9) <0.01
Dialysis, n(%) 6(1.4%) 36(3.6%) 30(2.5%) 5(2.3%) 0.1
Cerebrovascular accident, n(%) 54(12.7%) 99(9.8%) 105(8.6%) 10(4.7%) 0.01
Prior percutaneous intervention, n(%) 146(34.4%) 331(32.9%) 417(34.3%) 60(27.9%) 0.09
   Acuity
NYHA class IV, n(%) 95(22.4%) 543(53.9%) 896(73.7%) 168(78.1%) <0.01
Preoperative IABP, n(%) 79(18.6%) 561(55.7%) 1,029(84.7%) 189(87.9%) <0.01
Cardiogenic shock, n(%) 34(8.0%) 281(27.9%) 970(79.8%) 190(88.4%) <0.01
Unstable angina, n(%) 97(22.8%) 434(43.1%) 716(58.9%) 135(62.8%) <0.01
Triple vessel CAD, n(%) 220(51.8%) 651(64.7%) 763(62.8%) 129(60.0%) <0.01
Ejection fraction, %(SD) 45.5(±14.2) 44.1(±14.1) 42.0(±13.6) 36.6(±14.0) <0.01
   Operative Characteristics
Median CPB time, minutes(IQR) 142(110–188) 160(123–206) 170(132–222) 186(138–240) <0.01
Median aortic cross clamp time, minutes(IQR) 99(70–137) 108(78–145) 113(83–150) 116(85–154) <0.01
Intraoperative IABP, n(%) 48(11.3%) 99(9.8%) 71(5.8%) 11(5.1%) <0.01
*

Pearson chi-square tests for categorical variables and Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric test for continuous variables.