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. 2016 Jul;5(4):328–335. doi: 10.21037/acs.2016.04.02

Table 3. Postoperative patient characteristics.

Variablea DHCA (n=197) ACP (n=112) RCP (n=55) P value
Deep sternal wound infection 4 (2.2%) 2 (2.4%) 3 (5.5%) 0.417
Prolonged ventilation 79 (42.9%) 37 (44.0%) 27 (49.1%) 0.722
Acute renal failure 38 (20.7%) 19 (22.6%) 8 (14.4%) 0.491
Hemodialysis 18 (9.8%) 7 (8.3%) 1 (1.8%) 0.162
Hemorrhage related re-exploration 29 (15.8%) 12 (14.3%) 7 (12.7%) 0.845
Cardiac arrest 19 (10.3%) 5 (6.0%) 7 (12.7%) 0.364
Stroke 26 (14.1%) 12 (14.3%) 12 (21.8%) 0.361
Atrial fibrillation 45 (24.5%) 10 (11.9%) 12 (21.8%) 0.062
Hospital length of stay (days) 15 [0–99] 14 [1–61] 16 [5–86] 0.753
Operative mortality 35 (19.1%) 16 (19%) 8 (14.5%) 0.729

a, continuous data are shown as median (range) and categoric data are shown as percentage. ACP, antegrade cerebral perfusion; RCP, retrograde cerebral perfusion; CPB, cardiopulmonary bypass.