Right ventricular ejection fraction in postoperative cardiac surgery patients is independently associated with ICU morbidity and mortality

Intensive Care Medicine Experimental

Table 1 Baseline characterstics.

	RVEF <20% (N = 218)	RVEF 20-30% (N = 750)	RVEF >30% (N = 147)	P-value
Age (years)	74[67-79]	70[63-77]	65[58-73]	< 0.001
Diabetes (%)	18	21	16	0.40
COPD (%)	22	17	12	0.04
NYHA III or IV (%)	50	37	35	0.01
Poor LVEF (%)	21	12	7	< 0.001
Additive euroSCORE 1	8[6-10]	7[5-9]	6[4-8]	< 0.001
Aortic cross-clamp (min)	98[70-128]	97[68-139]	93[65-134]	0.68
CABG (%)	13	12	11	0.43

Data are median [interquartile range] or percentage. RVEF right ventricular ejection fraction. COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. euroSCORE European system for cardiac operative risk. NYHA New York heart association. LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction. CABG coronary-artery bypass grafting.