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Table 3 Intraoperative characteristics

From: Cardioprotective effect of remote ischemic preconditioning with postconditioning on donor hearts in patients undergoing heart transplantation: a single-center, double-blind, randomized controlled trial

 

RIPC+RIPostC (n = 60)

Control (n = 60)

P value

Length of surgery (h)

5.9 ± 1.2

6.1 ± 1.4

0.40

Donor heart ischemia time (h)

5.3 ± 1.9

4.9 ± 1.6

0.19

CPB time (min)

215.3 ± 49.5

233.2 ± 64.4

0.09

Aortic cross-clamp duration (min)

70.7 ± 18.1

74.8 ± 17.5

0.21

Reperfusion time (min)

130.3 ± 34.0

139.3 ± 43.7

0.21

Defibrillation after aortic declamping

18 (30%)

12 (20%)

0.23

Intraoperative ECMO

3 (5%)

3 (5%)

1

The use of sevoflurane

3(5%)

4(6.7%)

1

VIS after CPB

8.8 ± 6.1

9.3 ± 6.1

0.60

  1. Data are mean ± SD or number (%)
  2. CPB cardiopulmonary bypass, ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, RIPC remote ischemic preconditioning, RIPostC remote ischemic postconditioning;
  3. VIS vascoactive-inotropic score