Acute Mesenteric Ischemia after Cardiac Surgery: An Analysis of 52 Patients
Table 1
Preoperative values for intestinal ischemia after cardiac surgery.
Variable
Control group
Patients with intestinal ischemia
value
Age (years)*
0.03
Gender, male/female
100/50 (67/33)
33/19 (65/35)
0.87
BMI (kg/m²)*
0.25
Hypertension
42 (28)
17 (32)
0.85
Creatinine >2 (mg/dL)
5 (3)
14 (28)
0.004
Dialysis
1 (1)
0
1
Inotropic treatment >24 h
5 (3)
23 (45)
<0.001
Smoking
42 (28)
34 (65)
0.02
Emergency cardiac surgery
14 (9)
17 (33)
0.01
Diabetes mellitus
35 (23)
14 (26)
0.70
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
14 (9)
7 (13)
0.46
Stroke
6 (4)
3 (6)
1
Peripheral vascular disease
15 (10)
16 (30)
0.04
Left ventricular ejection fraction <30%
14 (9)
18 (34)
0.002
Cardiogenic shock
3 (2)
15 (29)
0.003
Unstable angina
17 (11)
7 (13)
0.46
IABP
6 (4)
8 (16)
0.05
Atrial fibrillation
14 (9)
8 (16)
0.83
NYHA 4
14 (9)
21 (41)
0.006
Hyperlipidemia
20 (13)
6 (12)
0.83
BMI: body mass index, IABP: intra-aortic balloon pump, NYHA: New York Heart Association. is the number of nonmissing values; values in parentheses are percentages. *Data are presented as the mean ± SD where indicated.
