Boston - American Association for Thoracic Surgery

89 TH ANNUAL MEETING MAY 9–MAY 13, 2009BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTSTable 1. Comparison of Preoperative, Intraoperative, and PostoperativeVariables for Patients Receiving Taar Only (Group 1) Versus TAAR withSubclavian-Carotid Bypass and Thoracic Stent Grafting (Group 2)Group I(n = 28)Group II(n = 6) p-ValuePreoperativeAge (mean), years 69 65 0.57Male, n (%) 17 (61) 5 (83) 0.39Female, n (%) 11 (39) 1 (17) 0.39Hypertension, n (%) 25 (89) 4 (67) 0.21Coronary artery disease, n (%) 11 (39) 3 (50) 0.67Diabetes mellitus, n (%) 6 (21) 2 (17) 0.79Atrial fibrillation, n (%) 3 (11) 2 (33) 0.20Previous stroke, n (%) 2 (7) 2 (17) 0.45COPD, n (%) 4 (14) 0 (0) 0.94Congestive heart failure, n (%) 3 (11) 0 (0) 0.42Reoperative surgery, n (%) 6 (21) 0 (0) 0.22Elective surgery, n (%) 14 (50) 2 (33) 0.67OperativeConcomitant CABG, n (%) 6 (21) 0 (0) 0.22Concomitant valve surgery, n (%) 3 (11) 3 (50) 0.05Descending thoracic stent graft, n (%) 4 (14) 6 (100) n/aUse of HCA, n (%) 14 (50) 0 (0) n/aHCA time (mean), min 19 n/a n/aUse of SCP, n (%) 14 (50) 6 (100) n/aSCP time (mean), min 34 16 0.007CPB time (mean), min 218 154 0.03Aortic cross-clamp time (mean), min 109 76 0.04Packed red blood cells (mean), units 3.1 3.8 0.65PostoperativeICU stay (median), days 3.5 3 0.31Hospital stay (median), days 10 10 0.49Stroke, n (%) 3 (11) 0 (0) 0.42Spinal cord ischemia, n (%) 2 (7) 0 (0) 0.51Neurological complications (stroke or spinal cord 5 (18) 0 (0) 0.28ischemia), n (%)Death, n (%) 5 (18) 1 (17) 0.89CABG – coronary artery bypass graft, CPB – cardiopulmonary bypass, HCA – hypothermiccirculatory arrest, SCP – selective cerebral perfusion, n/a – not applicable200