Table 1:
Baseline characteristics
| Patient characteristics | n = 414 |
|---|---|
| Male, n (%) | 279 (65.5) |
| Age (years) | |
| Mean (SD) | 66.6 (10.9) |
| Range | 18–87 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | |
| Mean (SD) | 27.5 (4.8) |
| Range | 16.7–49.8 |
| Emergency surgery, n (%) | 63 (15.2) |
| Surgery type, n (%) | |
| OPCAB | 26 (6.3) |
| CABG | 123 (29.7) |
| Valve | 121 (29.2) |
| CABG + valve | 86 (20.8) |
| Aortic surgery | 47 (11.4) |
| Others | 11 (2.7) |
| Second sternotomy, n (%)a | 25 (6.0) |
| EuroSCORE | |
| Median (IQR) | 4.9 (2.7–11.4) |
| Range | 0.82–84.3 |
| ECC time, min | |
| Mean (95% CI)b | 114.6 (108.7–120.8) |
| Aorta occlusion, min | |
| Mean (95% CI)b | 72.9 (68.8–77.2) |
| Echocardiography | n = 427 |
| TTE, n (%) | 373 (87.4) |
| TEE, n (%) | 54 (12.6) |
| Type of pericardial effusion on echo (%) | |
| Localized | 38 |
| Diffuse | 35 |
| Missing in reports | 27 |
| Time to echocardiography (h) | |
| Median (IQR) | 91.0 (44.0–168.0) |
| Range | 1–701 |
BMI: body mass index; CABG: coronary artery bypass graft; CI: confidence interval; ECC: extracorporeal circulation; IQR: interquartile range; OPCAB: off pump coronary artery bypass; SD: standard deviation; TEE: transoesophageal echocardiography; TTE: transthoracic echocardiography.
a
For example, re-CABG or re-AVR (aortic valve replacement).
b
Back-transformed from log-transformation.