Research Article

Kinetics of Highly Sensitive Troponin T after Cardiac Surgery

Table 3

Clinical and laboratory variables in both groups.

VariableGroup I
(%)
Group II
()
value

Age54.9 ± 10.855 ± 12.80.56

Sex, male352 (87.1) 7 (86.4)0.1

Hypertension178 (44)5 (55.5)0.15

Diabetes188 (46.5)6 (66.6)0.01

BMI28.2 ± 5.832 ± 10.70.6

EuroSCORE3.65 ± .54 ± 0.30.87

Basal creatinine (micromole/L) 90.5 ± 44.286 ± 20.40.21

EF%44.7 ± 7.642.7 ± .10.4

Surgery (elective)97 (66.4)57 (70.4)0.35

Inotrops
 Dopamine30 (7.4)7 (77.7)0.01
 Adrenaline23 (5.7) 3 (22.2)0.03
 Noradrenline55 (13.6)8 (88.8)0.01
 Dobutamine 3 (0.7)2 (33.3)0.01

Surgery
 CABG336 (83.3)8 (88.8)0.4
 Valvular 65 (16.1)1 (11.1)
 Aortic disssection5 (1.2)1 (11.1)

Highest CKMB1938.14 ± 543.18169.11 ± 4690.10.000
Highest hsTnT54.62 ± 14.1167.56 ± 68.3870.000

IDDM: insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; NIDDM: non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; BMI: body mass index; HbA1C: glycated hemoglobin; EF: ejection fraction; CABG: coronary artery bypass graft.