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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 11.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Sep 15;107(2):590–596. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.07.036

Table 1.

Individual Complications Comprising the Major Complications

Events
Correlation With Major Complicationsa
Individual Complications No. (%)
Any major complication 8,553 (11.3) 1.00
Renal failure requiring
 Permanent dialysis 35 (0.0) 0.06
 Temporary dialysis 289 (0.4) 0.17
 Temporary hemofiltration 78 (0.1) 0.09
Neurologic deficit persisting at discharge 328 (0.4) 0.18
Arrhythmia requiring permanent pacemaker 997 (1.3) 0.32
Mechanical circulatory support 992 (1.3) 0.32
Phrenic nerve injury/ paralyzed diaphragm 768 (1.0) 0.28
Unplanned reintervention
 Reoperation for bleeding 1,215 (1.6) 0.36
 Cardiac reoperation 2,399 (3.2) 0.51
 Interventional cardiovascular procedure 1,530 (2.0) 0.40
 Noncardiovascular procedure 2,519 (3.3) 0.52
Cardiac arrest 1,182 (1.6) 0.35
a

Hospital-level correlation between the rate of each individual complication and the aggregate major complications rate.