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.)