| 1) Patient age lower than 40 and higher than 70 |
| 2) Existence of preoperative medically treated COPD or renal disease |
| 3) Existence of preoperative hematological dysfunction |
| 4) Preoperative warfarine and/or fibrinolytic agent treatment |
| 5) Acute MI with emergent surgery |
| 6) Re-operations for CABG |
| 7) Concomitant valve and/or vascular surgery |
| 8) Existence of preoperative atrial fibrillation |
| 9) Intraoperative or early postoperative deaths |
| 10) IABP implantations |
| 11) Beating heart CABG operations |
| 12) LVEF below 35% |