Results
A total of 254 isolated CABG procedures were performed during the study
period from Jan 1st 2020 to July
31st 2021. A total of 5 (2.0%) patients died.
Simplified ultrafiltration was used in 17 (6.7%) isolated CABG patients
during the post-operative period according to the institutional protocol
described in Table 3. The mean age of the patients placed on UF therapy
was 65.8 years (Range 41-89), preoperative HTN and DM were diagnosed in
88.2% and 76.5%, respectively. The mean UF cohort STS mortality score
was 5.7% (Range 0.6-50.0). The 30-day readmission rate for patients in
the UF group was 2/17 (11.7%). For this high-risk isolated CABG group,
30-day survival for the 17 patients placed on UF therapy was 100%
(Table 2.)