Complication | Perioperative | Postoperative |
Cardiac dysrhythmias | 33 | 28 |
Myocardial dysfunction | 84-150 | 13 |
Complications requiring surgical intervention | – | 16 |
Respiratory complications | – | 204-151 |
CNS complications | – | 74-152 |
Others | 144-153 | 94-154 |
Total | 55 | 93 |
Each patient is represented separately (deaths excluded, n = 267).
↵4-150 In 2 cases in combination with atrioventricular block III and in 1 case in combination with low cardiac output at sternal closure.
↵4-151 4 reintubated.
↵4-152 4 with seizures, 2 of whom had cerebral oedema, 1 with meningitis, 1 with further impaired mental retardation after cardiac arrest, and 1 anoxic central nervous system (CNS) injury with pathological electroencephalogram.
↵4-153 2 with technical problems with the extracorporeal circulation, 8 with surgical complications, 2 with bleeding requiring resternotomy, 1 with thrombotic material on inferior vena cava needle, and 1 requiring medical treatment for pulmonary hypertension during surgery.
↵4-154 1 with urethra stricture, 1 with vocal cord paresis, 1 with haemolysis, 1 with haemorrhagic gastritis, 1 sepsis, 1 with temporary anuri/oliguri, 1 sternal osteomyelitis, and 2 with incipient cardiac tamponade.