Research Article
Kinetics of Highly Sensitive Troponin T after Cardiac Surgery
Table 5
Clinical and laboratory variables for CKMB discrimination.
| Variable | Group III CKMB < 120 (%) | Group IV CKMB ≥ 120 () | value |
| Age | 55.2 ± 10.6 | 51.7 ± 12.8 | 0.4 |
| Sex, male | 324 (78.8) | 35 (85.3) | 0.5 |
| Hypertension | 164 (44) | 19 (55.5) | 0.4 |
| Diabetes | 172 (44.3) | 22 (66.6) | 0.01 |
| BMI | 28.4 ± 5.8 | 28.1 ± 7.2 | 0.23 |
| EuroSCORE | 3.8 ± 0.4 | 4.1 ± 0.36 | 0.7 |
| Basal creatinine (micromole/L) | 90.2 ± 44.4 | 91.9 ± 38.4 | 0.6 |
| EF% | 48.8 ± 10 | 47.1 ± 9.1 | 0.8 |
| Surgery (elective) | 194 (66.4) | 16 (70.4) | 0.08 |
| Inotrops | | | | Dopamine | 27 (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 | | | | CABG | 314 (84.4) | 33 (80.4) | 0.3 | Valvular | 53 (14.2) | 7 (17) | 0.3 | Aortic disssection | 5 (1.3) | 1 (2.4) | |
| Highest CKMB | 36.7 ± 22 | 242 ± 93 | 0.000 | Highest hsTnT | 1434.14 ± 150 | 7884 ± 190 | 0.000 |
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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.
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