Statistical analysis

Confounder max postoperative CTnI concentration

Confounder max postoperative CK-MB concentration

Operative procedure type

ANOVA (proc GLM)

yes, p-value = 0.0107

yes, p-value 0.0008

Preoperative max CTnI concentration (µg/l): only normal values (total: 255)

ANOVA (proc GLM)

yes, p-value < 0.001

yes, p-value 0.0034

Preoperative max CTnI concentration (µg/l): total

ANOVA (proc GLM)

yes, p-value < 0.001

no, p-value 0.1162

Age

ANOVA (proc GLM)

no, p-value 0.7557

no, p-value 0.2179

Diabetes mellitus

t-test

no, p-value 0.1076

no, p-value 0.3752

Hypertension

t-test

no, p-value 0.5991

no, p-value 0.5770

Ejection fraction

ANOVA (proc GLM)

yes, p-value 0.0036

no, p-value 0.7908

Cross-clamp time

ANOVA (proc GLM)

no, p-value 0.5840

yes, p-value 0.0362

Main stem (LCA)

t-test

no, p-value 0.3242

no, p-value 0.4171

Sex

t-test

no, p-value 0.7235

no, p-value 0.2001