TY - JOUR
T1 - Preoperative aspirin use and outcomes in cardiac surgery patients
AU - Cao, Longhui
AU - Young, Nilas
AU - Liu, Hong
AU - Silvestry, Scott
AU - Sun, Will
AU - Zhao, Ning
AU - Diehl, James
AU - Sun, Jianzhong
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - Background: The effects of preoperative aspirin use on outcomes of cardiac surgery patients remain uncertain. This study was aimed to evaluate the effect of preoperative aspirin use on major outcomes in cardiac surgery patients. Methods: An observational cohort study was performed on consecutive patients (n = 4256) undergoing cardiac surgery in 2 tertiary hospitals. Of all patients, 2868 patients met the inclusion criteria and were divided into 2 groups: those taking (n = 1923) or not taking (n = 945) aspirin within 5 days preceding surgery. Results: Patients in the aspirin group presented significantly more with comorbidities including hypertension, diabetes, peripheral arterial disease, previous myocardial infarction, angina, cerebrovascular disease, older age, and male gender. With propensity scores adjusted and multivariate logistic regression, however, the results of this study showed that preoperative aspirin therapy (vs nonaspirin) significantly reduced the risk of 30-day mortality (3.5% vs 6.5%, OR: 0.611, 95% CI: 0.391-0.956, P = 0.031), postoperative renal failure (3.7% vs 7.1%, OR: 0.384, 95% CI: 0.254-0.579, P < 0.001), dialysis required (1.9% vs 3.6%, OR: 0.441, 95% CI: 0.254-0.579, P < 0.001), intensive care unit stay (mean 107.2 vs 136.1 h, P < 0.001) and a composite outcome-major adverse cardiocerebral events (8.7% vs 10.8%, OR: 0.662, 95% CI:: 0.482-0.909, P = 0.011) in the patients undergoing cardiac surgery. However, readmissions did not show a significant difference between the 2 groups (14.5% vs 12.8%, P = 0.944). Conclusions: Preoperative aspirin therapy is associated with a significant decrease in the risk of major cardiocerebral complications, renal failure, intensive care unit stay and 30-day mortality but does not increase the risk of readmissions in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
AB - Background: The effects of preoperative aspirin use on outcomes of cardiac surgery patients remain uncertain. This study was aimed to evaluate the effect of preoperative aspirin use on major outcomes in cardiac surgery patients. Methods: An observational cohort study was performed on consecutive patients (n = 4256) undergoing cardiac surgery in 2 tertiary hospitals. Of all patients, 2868 patients met the inclusion criteria and were divided into 2 groups: those taking (n = 1923) or not taking (n = 945) aspirin within 5 days preceding surgery. Results: Patients in the aspirin group presented significantly more with comorbidities including hypertension, diabetes, peripheral arterial disease, previous myocardial infarction, angina, cerebrovascular disease, older age, and male gender. With propensity scores adjusted and multivariate logistic regression, however, the results of this study showed that preoperative aspirin therapy (vs nonaspirin) significantly reduced the risk of 30-day mortality (3.5% vs 6.5%, OR: 0.611, 95% CI: 0.391-0.956, P = 0.031), postoperative renal failure (3.7% vs 7.1%, OR: 0.384, 95% CI: 0.254-0.579, P < 0.001), dialysis required (1.9% vs 3.6%, OR: 0.441, 95% CI: 0.254-0.579, P < 0.001), intensive care unit stay (mean 107.2 vs 136.1 h, P < 0.001) and a composite outcome-major adverse cardiocerebral events (8.7% vs 10.8%, OR: 0.662, 95% CI:: 0.482-0.909, P = 0.011) in the patients undergoing cardiac surgery. However, readmissions did not show a significant difference between the 2 groups (14.5% vs 12.8%, P = 0.944). Conclusions: Preoperative aspirin therapy is associated with a significant decrease in the risk of major cardiocerebral complications, renal failure, intensive care unit stay and 30-day mortality but does not increase the risk of readmissions in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
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U2 - 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318234313b
DO - 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318234313b
M3 - Article
C2 - 21997805
AN - SCOPUS:84855824003
VL - 255
SP - 399
EP - 404
JO - Annals of Surgery
JF - Annals of Surgery
SN - 0003-4932
IS - 2
ER -