Table 2: Comparison of risk factors between the
high and low TACS groups.
Variables
|
TACS ≥ the 75th percentile
(n = 25)
|
TACS ≤ the 75th percentile
(n = 75)
|
P
value
|
Age, years
Smoker
Body mass
index, kg/m2
Body surface
area
Diabetes mellitus
Hypertension
Dyslipidemia
Arteriopathy
Chronic kidney
disease
History of CHVA
Preoperative
use of IABP
LVEF, %
Left main
coronary disease
OPCAB
Logistic Euro SCORE
(%)
|
71.1 ± 6.8
12 (48.0)
24.3 ± 2.7
1.7 ± 0.2
16 (64.0)
23 (92.0)
9 (36.0)
7 (28.0)
4 (16.0)
8 (32.0)
2 (8.0)
52.5 ± 17.7
7 (28.0)
16 (64.0)
8.3 ± 6.2
|
64.5 ± 9.0
40 (53.3)
24.2 ± 3.1
1.7 ± 0.1
34 (45.3)
50 (66.7)
32 (42.7)
15 (20.0)
11 (14.7)
10 (13.3)
7 (9.3)
56.9 ± 13.8
19 (25.3)
48 (64.0)
5.0 ± 5.4
|
0.001
0.653
0.905
0.588
0.165
0.018
0.642
0.413
1.000
0.067
1.000
0.201
0.797
1.000
0.013
|
TACS: Thoracic Aortic wall Calcium
Score
CVA: Cerebro Vascular Accident
IABP: Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
LVEF: Left Ventricular Ejection
Fraction
OPCAB: Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass
Grafting
Euroscore: European system for cardiac
operative risk evaluation.