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Table 1 Baseline patients characteristic

From: Early postoperative hemodynamic instability after heart transplantation – incidence and metabolic indicators

 

ALL HTX RECIPIENTS

WITH HEMODYNAMIC INSTABILITY

WITHOUT HEMODYNAMIC INSTABILITY

p-value

n = 45

n = 18

n = 27

Demography

 Sex

   

1.000

  Female

4 (8.89)

2 (11.1)

2 (7.41)

 

  Male

41 (91.1)

16 (88.9)

25 (92.6)

 

 Age, years

48.5 (11.7)

51.2 (12.0)

46.7 (11.5)

0.215

 BMI, kg/m2

25.6 (4.11)

27.9 (3.61)

24.3 (3.83)

0.009

 Hiperlipidemia

15 (33.3)

6 (33.3)

9 (33.3)

1.000

 Diabetes

11 (24.4)

7 (38.9)

4 (14.8)

0.086

 Cardiomyopathy

   

0.732

  Dilated

34 (75.6)

13 (72.2)

21 (77.8)

 

  Ischemic

11 (24.4)

5 (27.8)

6 (22.2)

 

Preoperative parameters

 Urgent HTX

36 (80.0)

13 (72.2)

23 (85.2)

0.449

 iv DBa

33 (73.3)

11 (61.1)

22 (81.5)

0.175

 iv inotropic agentsb

11 (24.4)

6 (33.3)

5 (18.5)

0.304

 AST, U/L

29.0 (22.3)

23.6 (9.96)

32.4 (27.1)

0.132

 ALT, U/L

32.1 (33.3)

27.2 (20.1)

35.2 (39.6)

0.382

 TBIL, μmol/L

13.2 (8.86)

12.8 (7.59)

13.4 (9.75)

0.833

 CREA, μmol/L

97.7 (29.1)

114 (32.1)

87.1 (21.4)

0.005

 GFR, mL/min/1.73m2

77.7 (20.5)

65.6 (18.3)

85.8 (17.9)

0.001

  1. Number (%), mean (SD) are presented
  2. AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, TBIL total bilirubin, CREA creatinine, GFR glomerular filtration rate
  3. apretransplant continuous intravenous dobutamine infusion
  4. bpretransplant continuous intravenous inotropic agents infusion (other than dobutamine)