“…Our analysis of inhospital mortality was similar to the report by Lee et al [19], who identified preoperative IABP, left ventricular dysfunction, and renal insufficiency as independent risk factors for inhospital mortality. Other investigators noted that advanced age could be a predictor of inhospital death [8,20]. In our study, univariate analysis identified age over 75 as a risk factor for inhospital death; however, multivariate analysis failed to demonstrate a significant difference.…”