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Impact of Preoperative Renal Dysfunction on Cardiac Surgery Results

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Science Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

For reprint information contact: Dan Abramov, MD Tel: 972 7 640 0961 Fax: 972 7 640 0961 email: abramov2{at}zahav.net.il Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva 84101, Israel.

Results of cardiac surgery were analyzed using a database that included plasma creatinine levels in 2,214 patients, of whom 507 had preoperative renal dysfunction (creatinine clearance < 0.9 mL•s^-1•m^-2). Logistic regression and propensity score analyses found preoperative renal dysfunction to be an independent predictor of morbidity and mortality. Plotting preoperative creatinine clearance against morbidity and mortality revealed an exponential increase in morbidity and mortality when preoperative creatinine clearance was < 0.84 mL•s^-1•m^-2. Patients were stratified for age, operative procedure, and comorbidity. In all stratified groups, preoperative creatinine clearance < 0.84 mL•s^-1•m^-2 was associated with similar exponential increases in morbidity and mortality. In patients with preoperative renal dysfunction, elevated plasma creatinine levels persevered for 6 months postoperatively. Dialysis beyond postoperative day 10 was required in < 2% of patients with preoperative plasma creatinine of 160–200 µmol•L^-1 and in 5% in those with creatinine > 200 µmol•L^-1 (p < 0.05). Actuarial survival was significantly reduced (< 90% at 18 months postoperatively) in patients with preoperative renal dysfunction.

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