title: Incidence of postoperative complications among coronary artery bypass patients with and without hypertension.
abstract: Patients (n = 3301) undergoing first-time elective coronary artery bypass surgery, between 1994 and 2000, with or without hypertension were compared for the incidence of postoperative complications. Fifty-five leg infections were documented (overall incidence 1.7%). Hypertension patients had a significantly increased risk of leg infections (2.45% versus 0.46%). A 10-year increase in age was associated with a 44% increased risk of leg infections (odds ratio = 1.44; 95% confidence interval = 1.09, 1.91). Hypertension patients also had a greater risk of stroke and prolonged ventilation time but not of postoperative mortality.
authors.affiliation: Inova Heart Institute, Fairfax Hospital, 3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042, USA. Scott.Barnett@inova.com
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Barnett
authors.forename: Linda S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Halpin
authors.forename: Alan M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Speir
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015897:Comorbidity; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors