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Table 2 Surgical specifications

From: Effect of helium pre- or postconditioning on signal transduction kinases in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery

 

Controls

He-pre

He-post

He-PP

APC

p value

ECC time (min)

88 ± 7

84 ± 6

91 ± 5

100 ± 7

95 ± 6

0.53

Cross-clamp time (min)

59 ± 4

54 ± 4

58 ± 5

67 ± 5

62 ± 4

0.51

Cardioplegia

 Blood (%)

18 (82)

17 (85)

18 (82)

14 (67)

18 (78)

0.36

 Saline (%)

4 (18)

3 (15)

4 (18)

7 (33)

5 (22)

0.36

Number of coronary arteries

 1

1 (4)

1 (5)

0 (0)

2 (8)

1 (4)

0.19

 2

9 (33)

6 (27)

4 (17)

8 (33)

7 (29)

0.19

 3

17 (63)

15 (68)

17 (81)

14 (58)

16 (67)

0.19

 Left main

9 (32)

8 (36)

3 (13)

20 (42)

10 (40)

0.88

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD; no significant differences were observed between groups
  2. He-Pre helium preconditioning; He-Post helium postconditioning; He-PP helium pre- and postconditioning; APC anesthetic preconditioning