Table 1.
Patient characteristics of the total cohort as well as separate values for intraoperative cell salvage (ICS) and no intraoperative cell salvage (no-ICS) use.
| Total | ICS | No-ICS | p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 335 | n = 135 | n = 200 | ||
| Age [years] | 67 [58.0–75.0] | 67 [58.0–75.0] | 66.5 [58.0–75.0] | 0.741 |
| Male gender, n (%) | 254 (75.8) | 105 (77.8) | 149 (74.5) | 0.492 |
| EUROSCORE II (%) | 6.3 [3.45–10.63] | 7.7 [5.34–10.99] | 4.7 [2.80–9.04] | 0.001 |
| Intraoperative data | ||||
| Duration of surgery (min) | 200 [154.0–269.0] | 255 [211.0–341.0] | 172 [138.0.–213.0] | 0.001 |
| Time on CPB (min) | 113 [83.0–156.0] | 141 [108.0–189.0] | 96.5 [74.0–131.0] | 0.001 |
| Cross clamping time (min) | 70 [50.0.–98.0] | 88 [62.0–126.0] | 61 [47.3–82.8] | 0.01 |
| Surgical procedure, n (%) | ||||
| Complex procedures | 157 (46.9) | 86 (63.7) | 71 (35.5) | 0.001 |
| Single aortic, sternotomy | 102 (30.4) | 35 (25.9) | 67 (33.5) | |
| Single mitral, sternotomy | 46 (13.7) | 10 (7.4) | 36 (18.0) | |
| Mitral valve, minimal invasive | 30 (9.0) | 4 (3.0) | 30 (9.0) | |
| Reoperation, n (%) | ||||
| yes | 99 (29.6) | 60 (44.4) | 39 (19.5) | 0.001 |
| no | 236 (70.4) | 75 (55.6) | 161 (80.5) |