Table 3.

Details of deaths after cardiac surgery

Age (years)	Sex	Randomisation group	Parsonnet score*	Postoperative day of death	Type of operation	Cause of death
80	Male	Protocol	20	1	Repeat coronary artery bypass graft	Bleeding, cardiac arrest (pulseless electrical activity)
75	Male	Protocol	14	4	Repeat coronary artery bypass graft	Low cardiac output, low blood pressure, arrest on day 4
73	Male	Protocol	17	7	Aortic valve replacement	Grand mal seizures, low blood pressure, multiple organ failure
68	Female	Protocol	8	22	Mitral valve replacement and coronary artery bypass graft	Anterior myocardial infarction on day 3; multiple organ failure
83	Male	Control	25	1	Aortic valve replacement	Massive bleeding
76	Female	Control	10	10	Aortic valve replacement	Anterior myocardial infarction on day 2; multiple organ failure

^*Risk related to cardiac surgery: 0-4 (good) to ≥20 (extremely high).