Table 3: Demographic and echocardiographic predictors of outcomes.

 

1-year mortality

Post-op myocardial injury

Hospital readmissions

 

No.(%)/mean ± SD

 

Variable

Died (n = 6)

Survived (n = 36)

p-value

MI (n = 12)

No MI (n = 30)

p-value

Readmitted (n = 21)

Event free (n = 21)

p-value

Male gender

5 (83.3)

21 (58.3)

0.380

8 (66.7)

18 (60.0)

0.740

12 (57.1)

14 (66.7)

0.525

Age (yr)

79.7 ± 10.9

71.1 ± 12.9

0.131

75.4 ± 12.6

71.0 ± 12.9

0.325

72.4 ± 11.6

72.2 ± 14.3

0.962

Creatinine (µmol/L)

84.7 ± 72.4

164.9 ± 196.6

0.333

157.4 ± 155.6

151.8 ± 198.8

0.931

156.2 ± 232.4

150.6 ± 128.8

0.923

Diabetes

3 (50.0)

20 (55.6)

1.000

6 (50.0)

17 (56.7)

0.695

12 (57.1)

11 (52.4)

0.757

Hyperlipidemia

5 (83.3)

25 (69.4)

0.655

8 (66.7)

22 (73.3)

0.715

15 (71.4)

15 (71.4)

1.000

Hypertension

5 (83.3)

29 (80.6)

1.000

11 (91.7)

23 (76.7)

0.402

16 (76.2)

18 (85.7)

0.697

Atrial fibrillation

1 (16.7)

5 (13.9)

1.000

3 (25.0)

3 (10.0)

0.329

4 (19.0)

2 (9.5)

0.663

CCF

0 (0.0)

5 (13.9)

1.000

3 (25.0)

2 (6.7)

0.131

2 (9.5)

3 (14.3)

1.000

IHD

2 (33.3)

10 (27.8)

1.000

7 (58.3)

5 (16.7)

0.019*

8 (38.1)

4 (19.0)

0.172

CVA/TIA

1 (16.7)

6 (16.7)

1.000

3 (25.0)

4 (13.3)

0.387

2 (9.5)

5 (23.8)

0.410

Active cancer

4 (66.7)

7 (19.4)

0.032*

2 (16.7)

9 (30.0)

0.464

8 (38.1)

3 (14.3)

0.079

GLS (%)

-18.95 ± 1.57

-23.75 ± 3.21

0.001*

-23.45 ± 2.79

-22.91 ± 3.72

0.653

-23.37 ± 2.92

-22.76 ± 3.97

0.571

E/A ratio

0.74 ± 0.26

0.93 ± 0.28

0.178

0.84 ± 0.27

0.92 ± 0.29

0.480

0.94 ± 0.26

0.87 ± 0.31

0.467

E/e’

9.6 ± 2.6

13.2 ± 6.7

0.213

12.4 ± 6.8

12.7 ± 6.2

0.924

13.9 ± 6.6

11.1 ± 5.7

0.174

LA size indexed (ml/m2)

35.9 ± 11.4

31.2 ± 9.3

0.419

29.9 ± 8.8

32.3 ± 9.8

0.523

32.3 ± 10.5

30.8 ± 8.3

0.656

TR Vmax (m/s)

2.30 ± 0.54

2.46 ± 0.63

0.630

2.58 ± 0.82

2.39 ± 0.50

0.382

2.40 ± 0.69

2.50 ± 0.51

0.641

*p < 0.05 is considered statistically significant.

CCF: Congestive Cardiac Failure; CVA: Cerebrovascular Accident; IHD: Ischaemic Heart Disease; LA: Left Atrium; MI: Myocardial Injury; TIA: Transient Ischaemic Attack; TR Vmax: Maximal Tricuspid Regurgitation Velocity