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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 May 4;102(2):628–635. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.02.043

Table 3.

Seminal complications

Complication N (%) seminal
complication by
adjudication
commmittee
N (%) seminal
complication by
abstractor
Cardiac and operative
  Low cardiac output syndrome 57 (30%) 78 (41%)
  Failure to separate from bypass 31 (16%) 30 (16%)
  Cardiac arrest 22 (12%) 18 (9%)
  Unplanned cardiac re-intervention 7 (4%) 4 (2%)
  Pulmonary hypertension 12 (6%) 7 (4%)
  Hypoxemia 13 (7%) 14 (7%)
  Arrhythmia 8 (4%) 18 (9%)
Hemorrhagic/Thrombotic
  Bleeding requiring transfusion 4 (2%) 4 (2%)
  Bleeding requiring operation 6 (3%) 1 (1%)
  Thrombosis 1 (1%) 3 (2%)
  Shunt thrombosis 1 (1%) 0
Respiratory
  Acute respiratory failure 3 (2%) 5 (3%)
  Chronic respiratory failure 9 (5%) 1 (1%)
  Chylothorax 3 (2%) 2 (1%)
  Diaphragm paralysis 1 (1%) 0
Neurologic
  Stroke 1 (1%) 0
  Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy 0 1 (1%)
Renal
  Acute kidney injury 1 (1%) 1 (1%)
Other
  Necrotizing enterocolitis 1 (1%) 1 (1%)
  Hospital acquired infection 1 (1%) 1 (1%)
  Hepatic failure 0 1 (1%)
  Other 9 (5%) 1 (1%)