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Figure 3 Pre-Operative NT-proBNP Predicts 30-Day Postoperative Outcome After Adjustment for the Time Onset of Symptoms and the Individual Patient’s Risk Profile

Adjusted ORs (diamonds) and 95% CIs (solid lines) comparing NT-proBNP levels on admission (in tertiles) and occurrence of major adverse events or death within a 30-day post-operative observation period. Major adverse event was defined as composite end point, including need for rethoracotomy, occurrence of post-operative heart failure, neurologic deficit, lung failure, renal failure, or sepsis. Final models were adjusted for "gender," "time onset of symptoms," "pulmonary hypertension," "impaired left ventricular function," "critical pre-operative state," and "impaired renal function." Abbreviations as in Figure 2.