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. 2020 Nov 30;32(2):222–228. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivaa244

Table 2:

In-hospital major adverse cardiac events in the 226 patients with ACC time below, versus the 230 patients with ACC time above the median ACC time of 63.0 min

In-hospital major adverse cardiac event ACC time <63.0 min (n = 226) ACC time ≥63.0 min (n = 230) P-value
New-onset atrial fibrillation 77 (34.1) 81 (35.2) 0.918
Systolic heart failure 6 (2.7) 18 (7.8) 0.019
Inotropic therapy 15 (6.6) 17 (7.4) 0.855
Adult respiratory distress syndrome 12 (5.3) 9 (3.9) 0.510
Dialysis 4 (1.8) 6 (2.6) 0.751
Sepsis 3 (1.3) 6 (2.6) 0.504
Mediastinitis 0 1 (0.4) 1.000
Cardiac tamponade 11 (4.9) 14 (6.1) 0.682
Ischaemic stroke 3 (1.3) 6 (2.6) 0.504
Non-fatal myocardial infarction 1 (0.4) 1 (0.4) 1.000
Re-thoracotomy 24 (10.6) 24 (10.4) 1.000
Permanent pacemaker implantation 2 (0.9) 7 (3.0) 0.175
Endocarditis 1 (0.4) 1 (0.4) 1.000

Values are presented as N (%).

ACC: aortic cross-clamp.