Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The monocyte count to HDL-Cholesterol ratio (MHR) has been used for a prognostic indicator of cardiovascular disease. We aimed to evaluate the association between pre-operative MHR and postoperative outcome in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

METHODS

A hundred and fifteen patients with isolated CABG surgery were included in the study. Patient’s clinical characteristics, surgical details and postoperative early mortality and morbidities were recorded.

RESULTS

The mean age was 63.46 ± 9.35. MHR was slightly higher in patients with previous myocardial infarction (MI) but there was no statistical difference. Although post-operative complications including low cardiac output syndrome, stroke, surgical wound infection, renal failure, venous thromboembolism and pulmonary embolism have been found slightly higher in patients with elevated MHR, there was no statistical difference between groups. There was also no association between MHR and peri-operative mortality. İn correlation analysis, there was no correlation found between MHR and length of mechanical ventilation times, length of hospital stay.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

MHR didn’t predict postoperative early mortality and morbidity and didn’t affect the postoperative outcome in patients undergoing CABG surgery.