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Predictors of Emergency Conversion to On-Pump During Off-Pump Coronary Surgery

Nork-Marash Medical Center Yerevan, Armenia
¹ Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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The purpose of this study was to determine predictors and evaluate outcomes of emergency conversion to cardiopulmonary bypass during planned off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. From January 2001 to November 2005, of 467 consecutive patients aged 60 years who underwent off-pump coronary surgery, 17 (3.6%) were converted to cardiopulmonary bypass. Those converted to an on-pump technique had significantly higher rates of postoperative cerebrovascular accident (17.6% vs 1.1%), intraaortic balloon pumping (5.9% vs 0%), and red blood cell transfusion (82.4% vs 57.3%), as well as prolonged intensive care unit stay (52.9% vs 25.2%), ventilation time (25% vs 5.3%) and hospital stay (64.7% vs 31.3%) compared to patients whose operation was completed off-pump. Multivariable logistic regression identified left ventricular ejection and left main stenosis as significantly associated with conversion. The rate of emergency conversion to cardiopulmonary bypass during planned off-pump coronary surgery was acceptable, but patients who required conversion had less favorable early outcomes than those who remained off-pump.