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Table 2 Peri-operative and postoperative characteristics of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft

From: Muscle strength trajectories and their association with postoperative health-related quality of life in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a prospective cohort study

Peri-operative characteristics

Female n = 15

Male n = 116

Total group n = 131

Number of grafts

 One graft

0 (0%)

1 (1%)

1 (1%)

 Two grafts

15 (100%)

113 (97%)

128 (98%)

 Three grafts

0 (0%)

2 (2%)

2 (2%)

Number of arterial grafts

 No arterial graft

0 (0%)

3 (3%)

3 (2%)

 Use of 1 arterial graft

11 (73%)

81 (70%)

92 (70%)

 Use of 2 or more arterial grafts

4 (27%)

32 (27%)

36 (28%)

Surgical time (min)

244 (215, 279)

255 (229, 279)

253 (227, 279)

CPB-time1 (min)

107 (90, 121)

104 (85, 125)

106 (86, 123)

Cross clamp time2 (min)

60 (52, 78)

61 (47, 77)

61 (48, 78)

Postoperative characteristics

 Delirium

1 (7%)

5 (4%)

6 (4.6%)

 Atrial fibrillation

0 (0%)

14 (12%)

14 (10.7%)

 Myocardial infarction

0 (0%)

1 (19%)

1 (0.8%)

 Surgical re-exploration

0 (0%)

2 (2%)

2 (1.5%)

 Deep sternal wound infection

0 (0%)

2 (2%)

2 (1.5%)

 Stroke/TIA

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Renal failure

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Prolonged ICU stay

4 (27%)

30 (26%)

34 (26%)3

 Discharge destination

  Home

6 (40%)*

88 (76%)

94 (71.8%)

  Other hospital

8 (53%)

10 (9%)

18 (13.7%)

  Rehabilitation Centre

1 (7%)

18 (16%)

19 (14.5%)

  1. Values are presented as n (% yes) or median (IQR)
  2. CPB cardiopulmonary bypass, ICU intensive care unit, IQR interquartile range, TIA transient ischemic attack
  3. 1CPB-time for one patient unknown
  4. 2n = 124, 7 patients no use of CPB, but surgery was performed on beating heart
  5. 3Median (IQR): 21 (18, 24)
  6. *Significantly different compared to male patients (P < 0.001)