Research Article
The Influence of Preoperative Neurological Complications on Outcomes after Surgery for Infective Endocarditis
| | | All patients (n = 438) | No neurological complications preoperative (n = 349, 79.7%) | Neurological complications preoperative (n = 89, 20.3%) | value |
| | Length of surgery (min) | 274 (220; 352) | 280 (230; 360) | 254 (208; 329) | 0.022 | | Cardiopulmonary bypass time (min) | 166 (125; 210) | 171 (126; 216) | 156 (122; 192) | 0.105 | | Cross-clamp time (min) | 116 (86; 156) | 119 (86; 157) | 110 (86; 142) | 0.257 | | Circulatory arrest (min) | 0 (0–36) | 0 (0–32) | 0 (0–36) | 0.049 | | Number of packed red blood cells, unit | 3 (0–27) | 3 (0–27) | 3 (0–14) | 0.688 | | Number of fresh frozen plasma, unit | 0 (0–13) | 0 (0–13) | 0 (0–10) | 0.637 | | Number of platelets, unit | 1 (0–6) | 1 (0–6) | 1 (0–6) | 0.615 | | Aortic valve surgery | 320 (73.2%) | 263 (75.6%) | 57 (64.0%) | 0.028 | | Mitral valve surgery | 169 (38.7%) | 124 (35.6%) | 45 (50.6%) | 0.010 | | Tricuspid valve surgery | 18 (4.1%) | 14 (4.0%) | 4 (4.5%) | 0.770 | | Combined valve surgery | 201 (46.0%) | 161 (46.3%) | 40 (44.9%) | 0.823 | | Additional CABG | 50 (11.4%) | 40 (11.5%) | 10 (11.2%) | 0.946 |
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