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Table 3

Demographics and clinical data.

Variable assessed Control group ROTEM® group P-value
Number 28 40
Age (days) 52 ± 68 44 ± 90 0.6
Weight (kilograms) 4 ± 2 4 ± 2 0.5
Gender (male/female) 18/10 24/16 0.7
STAT score 3 ± 1 3 ± 1 0.8
Procedure
 Aortic arch augmentation 8 14
 Arterial switch operation 5 11
 Norwood 1 1
 Comprehensive stage 2 7 4
 Truncus arteriosus communis 4 4
 TAPVC 1 4
 Other 2 2
Preoperative hematocrit (%) 40 ± 7 40 ± 6 0.88
Preoperative platelets count (1,000/uL3) 267 ± 99 306 ± 95 0.12
CPB time (minutes) 177 ± 55 163 ± 68 0.3
Aortic cross-clamp time (minutes) 64 ± 58 65 ± 54 0.9

Data presented as the mean ± SD or number. STAT: Society of Thoracic Surgeons-European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery; TAPVC: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection; CPB: cardiopulmonary bypass; ROTEM®: rotational thromboelastometry.

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