Research Article

Kinetics of Highly Sensitive Troponin T after Cardiac Surgery

Table 5

Clinical and laboratory variables for CKMB discrimination.

VariableGroup III
CKMB < 120
(%)
Group IV
CKMB ≥ 120
()
value

Age55.2 ± 10.651.7 ± 12.80.4

Sex, male324 (78.8) 35 (85.3)0.5

Hypertension164 (44)19 (55.5)0.4

Diabetes172 (44.3)22 (66.6)0.01

BMI28.4 ± 5.828.1 ± 7.20.23

EuroSCORE3.8 ± 0.44.1 ± 0.360.7

Basal creatinine (micromole/L) 90.2 ± 44.491.9 ± 38.40.6

EF%48.8 ± 1047.1 ± 9.10.8

Surgery (elective)194 (66.4)16 (70.4)0.08

Inotrops
 Dopamine27 (7.2) 10 (24.3)0.03
 Adrenaline 18 (4.8) 8 (19.5)0.04
 Noradrenline 48 (12.9) 15 (36.5)0.01
 Dobutamine 2 (0.5)3 (7.3)0.01

Surgery
 CABG314 (84.4)33 (80.4)0.3
 Valvular 53 (14.2)7 (17)0.3
 Aortic disssection5 (1.3)1 (2.4)

Highest CKMB36.7 ± 22242 ± 930.000
Highest hsTnT1434.14 ± 1507884 ± 1900.000

IDDM: insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; NIDDM: non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; BMI: body mass index; HbA1C: glycated hemoglobin; EF: ejection fraction; CABG: coronary artery bypass graft.