3.1 | Early post-operative outcomes
A total of 13 patients (12%) died within hospital stay. Causes of death were: myocardial failure and continuous low cardiac output syndrome (3), sudden cardiac arrest (2), severe arrhythmia (4), septic shock (2) and stroke (2). On univariable analysis, DM (p=0.024) was a significant predictor of in-hospital mortality and CreatCl (p=0.005) was associated with reduced risk of in-hospital mortality. On multivariable analysis, CreatCl was an independent predictor of increased perioperative survival (OR 0.95 CI95: 0.924-0.994; p=0.021) (Table 4).
TABLE 4 Predictors of in-hospital mortality