Associated factors
- Linear regression revealed a significant, positivecorrelation of increased hs-cTnT with type V MI, Maze
procedure, cardiopulmonary bypass time, emergency intervention,
perioperative blood transfusion, and intra-pericardial defibrillation.
In contrast, postoperative creatinine clearance and increasing age
were inversely correlated (Table 1/2 A + Supplemental
Table).
- Statistical correlations for CK-MB were somewhat similar, although
creatinine clearance, emergency intervention, and blood transfusion
had no effect. Moreover, the strongest correlation was for
cardiopulmonary bypass time, and notably, increased CK-MB release was
associated with mortality (Table 1/2A + Supplemental
Table).
- Intra-pericardial defibrillation, emergency intervention, Maze
procedure, mortality, and postoperative renal insufficiency were
positively with hs-cTnT threshold correlated independent factors,
whereas the combination of hs-cTnT and CK-MB threshold was correlated
with intra-pericardial defibrillation, renal insufficiency, and blood
transfusions (Table 1B) .
- After screening patients with preoperatively elevated hs-cTnT ,
intra-pericardial defibrillation remained as an independent parameter
associated with the thresholds (Table 2B) .