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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 28.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Oct 17;103(5):1399–1405. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.08.068

Table 2.

Perioperative Outcomes

Variable TF Early (n = 50) TF Late (n = 129) p Value TA Early (n = 50) TA Late (n = 70) p Value TAo Early (n = 50) TAo Late (n = 51) p Value
Intraoperative
 CPB use 0 (0) 0 (0) 8 (16) 1 (1) 0.004 0 (0) 0 (0)
 PRBC 12 (24) 17 (13) 0.112 31 (62) 24 (34) 0.003 21 (42) 7 (14) 0.002
 Extubated in OR 46 (92) 115 (89) 0.783 38 (76) 57 (81) 0.501 44 (88) 49 (96) 0.160
Postoperative
 ICU time, hours 37.0 ± 28.9 36.3 ± 39.3 0.907 78.1 ± 113.8 52.2 ± 76.3 0.166 52.0 ± 79.5 38.9 ± 35.2 0.290
 PRBC 6 (12) 25 (19) 0.279 19 (38) 21 (30) 0.433 35 (70) 5 (10) <0.001
 ICU readmission 1 (2) 2 (2) 1.000 3 (6) 4(6) 1.000 2 (4) 4 (8) 0.678
 Reintubation 0 (0) 2 (2) 1.000 3 (6) 5 (7) 1.000 1 (2) 2 (4) 1.000
 Length of stay, days 5.4 ± 3.6 5.9 ± 3.4 0.380 8.2 ± 6.2 6.8 ± 3.6 0.166 7.8 ± 8.3 8.4 ± 5.0 0.645
 CVA 1 (2) 1 (1) 0.482 1(2) 1 (1) 1.000 1 (2) 1 (2) 1.000
 Renal failure 1 (2) 1 (1) 0.482 2 (4) 1 (1) 0.570 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Atrial fibrillation 1 (2) 16 (12) 0.044 14 (28) 9 (13) 0.058 6 (12) 9 (18) 0.577
 Pneumonia 0 (0) 2 (2) 1.000 3 (6) 1 (1) 0.307 2 (4) 2 (4) 1.000
Thirty-day readmission 5 (10) 13 (10) 1.000 2 (4) 7 (10) 0.302 6 (12) 3 (6) 0.318
Thirty-day mortality 1 (2) 3 (2) 1.000 3 (6) 6 (9) 0.733 1 (2) 3 (6) 0.617

Values are n (%) or mean ± SD.

CPB = cardiopulmonary bypass; CVA = cerebrovascular attack; ICU = intensive care unit; OR = operating room; PRBC = packed red blood cells; STS = The Society of Thoracic Surgeons; TA = transapical; TAo = transaortic; TF = transfemoral.