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Propensity-matched patient and disease characteristics |
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| SM (n = 89) |
Control (n = 89) |
P Value |
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| Age (years) |
65.9 (59.2 – 70.1) |
66.4 (59.2 – 71.9) |
0.58 |
| Female (%) |
28.1 |
25.8 |
0.74 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) |
27.1 (24.9 – 30.7) |
27.1 (24.7 – 30.2) |
0.81 |
| Ejection fraction <30% |
5.6 |
4.5 |
0.73 |
| Triple-vessel disease (%) |
75.3 |
74.2 |
0.86 |
| Left main stem disease (%) |
23.6 |
24.7 |
0.86 |
| Angina class IV (%) |
19.1 |
14.6 |
0.42 |
| Diabetes (%) |
23.6 |
29.2 |
0.39 |
| Respiratory disease (%) |
37.1 |
33.7 |
0.64 |
| Renal dysfunction (%) |
6.7 |
5.6 |
0.76 |
| Peripheral vascular disease (%) |
9.0 |
7.9 |
0.79 |
| Current smoker (%) |
20.2 |
20.2 |
>0.99 |
| Previous myocardial infarction (%) |
46.1 |
51.7 |
0.45 |
| Hypercholesterolaemia (%) |
95.5 |
95.5 |
>0.99 |
| Hypertension (%) |
57.3 |
55.1 |
0.76 |
| Emergent procedure (%) |
1.1 |
1.1 |
>0.99 |
| Preoperative β-blockers (%) |
66.3 |
64.0 |
0.75 |
| Preoperative diuretics (%) |
33.7 |
36.0 |
075 |
| Preoperative heart rate (bpm) |
69.1 (61.8 – 81.9) |
70.3 (60.6 – 83.2) |
0.57 |
| Additive EuroSCORE |
4 (2 – 5) |
3 (2 – 5) |
0.63 |
| Number of grafts (n/patient) |
3 (2 – 4) |
3 (3 – 4) |
0.61 |
| Right-CAD (%) |
76.4 |
71.9 |
0.49 |
| LIMA (%) |
95.5 |
96.6 |
0.69 |
| CPB not used (%) |
77.5 |
69.7 |
0.23 |
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SM, Sotalol and Magnesium; CPB, Cardiopulmonary Bypass; EuroSCORE, European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation; CAD, Coronary Artery Disease; LIMA, Left Internal Mammary Artery. Categorical variables are shown as a percentage. Continuous variables are shown as a median with 25th and 75th percentiles. | |||
Aerra et al. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2006 1:6 doi:10.1186/1749-8090-1-6 |
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