Cardiothoracic & vascular anesthesia
Long-term Outcome of Reexploration for Bleeding After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Authors' conclusion
Reexploration for bleeding was significantly associated with higher 30-day mortality but not with long-term mortality.
Study context
- Population
- All patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), January 1998 to December 2019
- Participants
- 21,346 patients
- Exposure
- Reexploration for bleeding vs no reexploration after CABG
- Reexploredn = 576
- Outcome
- All-cause mortality up to end of follow-up (June 1, 2021)
- Follow-up
- Median 9.7 years (IQR 5.1-14.6)
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Long-term all-cause mortality
Hazard ratio
1.029
P = 0.068
Long-term all-cause mortality
Hazard ratio
0.982
P = 0.813
multivariate Cox regression with ≥5 packed red blood cell (pRBC) as cut-off
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Secondary outcomes
30-day mortality
Blood product transfusion and long-term mortality
- Blood product transfusion, HR
- 1.135
- pRBC transfusion, HR
- 1.139
- ≥5 pRBCs, HR
- 1.249
- All p < 0.001
Original publication
Long-term Outcome of Reexploration for Bleeding After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. Published 10 June 2023. doi:10.
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