Variable BC DNC P value
No. of patients (74) (231)
Age (y) 58 (51-64) 55 (46-62) .10
BSA 1.88 ± 0.22 1.84 ± 0.30 .35
BMI 30.5 ± 6.7 29.2 ± 6.7 .16
Female 37.8 (28) 38.5 (89) .52
Euro Score ES II 3.7 ± 5.3 3.5 ± 4.9 .71
Diabetes mellitus 50 (37) 45.2 (103) .41
Hypertension (%) 58.3 (42) 52.2 (119) .42
Creatinine (mg/dl) 101.9 ± 109.3 94.6 ± 78.2 .53
Operation Category
Isolated CABG 35.1(26) 33.3(75) .85
Isolated Valve(s)* AVR(r) MVR(r) TVR(r) MVR(r) + TVR(r) AVR(r) + MVR(r) AVR(r)+MVR(r)+TVR(r) Other 48.6 (36) 18.9 (7) 29.7 (11) 0 (0) 32.4 (12) 8.1 (3) 5.4 (2) 5.4 (2) 51.1 (115) 20.4 (23) 36.3 (41) 4.4 (5) 25.7 (29) 6.2 (7) 5.3 (6) 1.8 (2)
Combined CABG + Valve(s)* 13.5 (10) 11.1 (25)
Others* 2.7 (2) 4.4 (10)
Preoperative MI (%) 5.5 (4) 8.3 (19) .47
Atrial Fibrillation (%) 24.7 (18) 18 (41) .24
Ejection Fraction 49.1 ± 10.2 50.3 ± 9.2 .37
Redo surgery (first & multiple) (%) 6.8 (5) 11.7 (27) .23
Preoperative stroke (%) 4.1 (3) 2.6 (6) .69
Creatinine Clearance 95.4 ± 43.9 97 ± 37.9 .75
Systolic PAP (mmHg) 43.3 ± 16.3 50.3 ± 9.2 .27
Hemoglobin (mg/dl) 11.9 ± 2.3 12.4 ± 2.1 .08
Hematocrit 0.38 ± 0.07 0.37 ± 0.06 .73
Baseline hs-cTnT (ng/ml) 0.07 ± 0.03 0.11 ± 0.03 .20