Information provided to and desired by patients
| Complication |
Patients who reported being informed of risk of complication (%) | Patients who wanted information (%) |
| Death | 72 | 46 |
| Permanent stroke | 40 | 38 |
| Permanent cognitive disability | 20 | 40 |
| Reoperation | 14 | 34 |
| Myocardial infarction | 34 | 34 |
| Arrhythmia | 20 | 34 |
| Kidney failure | 22 | 36 |
| Pulmonary embolus | 16 | 30 |
| Deep vein thrombosis | 14 | 36 |
| Moderate pleural effusion | 14 | 36 |
| Wound infection | 22 | 28 |
| Failure of sternal union | 10 | 34 |
| Transient stroke | 14 | 32 |
| Transient cognitive disability | 16 | 36 |