Can C-reactive protein predict coagulation in off pump coronary artery bypass grafting? A cohort study

  • J Cardiothorac Surg. 2022 Sep 2;17(1):225. doi: 10.1186/s13019-022-01949-w.
Xiaojie Liu  #  1  2 Yang Yu  #  2 Lijuan Wang  2 Sudena Wang  2 Yuchen Gao  2 Hushan Ao  3
Affiliations
  • 1. Department of Anestheiology, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, No. 59, Haier Road, Qingdao, Shandong province, China.
  • 2. Department of Anesthesiology, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No.167 North Lishi Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100037, China.
  • 3. Department of Anesthesiology, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No.167 North Lishi Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100037, China. [email protected].
  • # Contributed equally.
Abstract

Background: Previous study found that C-reactive protein (CRP) can predict bleeding after on-pump CABG. To evaluate whether preoperative C-reactive protein (CRP) can be a novel marker of postoperative bleeding in patients having off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study. Multiple variable regression analyses were performed. 537 patients undergoing off-pump isolated primary CABG at Fuwai Hospital from September 2017 to July 2018 were recorded. The primary endpoint was bleeding volume within 24 h after surgery.

Results: Data of 537 patients undergoing off-pump isolated primary CABG at Fuwai Hospital were recorded. The correlations between bleeding volume within 24 h after surgery and preoperative data were analyzed with univariate and multivariate linear regression. Much more preoperative CRP concentration (B = -0.089, P < 0.05) was associated with less postoperative bleeding volume and fibrinogen (B = 0.594, p < 0.001).

Conclusions: Preoperative CRP concentration is independently correlated with the postoperative volume of bleeding within 24 h. CRP may become a novel coagulation index in coronary artery atherosclerotic disease.

Keywords
Bleeding; C-reactive protein; Coagulation; Coronary artery bypass grafting.