Research Article

Kinetics of Highly Sensitive Troponin T after Cardiac Surgery

Table 6

Clinical outcome for CKMB discrimination.

VariableGroup III
CKMB < 120
(%)
Group IV
CKMB ≥ 120
()
value

Intraoperative parameters
 CPB time (minutes)119 ± 43135 ± 69.60.06
 ACC time (minutes)77.1 ± 3377.4 ± 48.50.09
 Anesthesia time
   (minutes)
6.8 ± 1.46.7 ± 20.9

Postoperative parameters
 LOV median (range)
   (minutes)
402  ±  45.1 (181–1227)767  ±  130 (198–129800)0.001
 LOS median (range)
   (hours)
57.4 ± 8.9 (15–320)172.4 ± 37.5 (46–491)0.000
 LOS median (range)
   (days)
11 ± 3.2 (3.7–21)15.8 ± 2 (3.3–49)0.000

Postoperative complication
 POAF12 (3.2)7 (17)0.04
 AKI102 (27.4)15 (36.5)0.03
 VAP4 (1)2 (4.9)
 Readmission ICU9 (2.4)2 (4.9)
 Reexploration24 (6.5)11 (26.8)0.05
 In-hospital mortality7 (1.9)5 (12.1)0.009

CPB: cardiopulmonary bypass; ACC: aortic cross clamp; LOV: length of mechanical ventilation; LOS: ICU length of stay; LOS: hospital length of stay; POAF: postoperative atrial fibrillation; AKI: acute kidney injury; VAP: ventilator associated pneumonia.