World Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2020, 10, 41-49 https://www.scirp.org/journal/wjcs ISSN Online: 2164-3210 ISSN Print: 2164-3202 DOI: 10.4236/wjcs.2020.104006 Apr. 13, 2020 41 World Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery Inotropic Requirement in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) in RSUP Dr. Hasan Sadikin Bandung in 2014-2016 Reza Widianto Sudjud, Astrella Catriona, Rudi Kurniadi Kadarsah Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Padjadjaran University, Bandung, Indonesia Abstract Inotropic agents are indicated to treat ventricular dysfunction that frequently found post-CABG surgery. However, the use of inotropic isn’t free from dis- advantageous side effects and is related to higher morbidity and mortality in post-CABG surgery patients. Several risk factors are known to affect higher need for inotropic agents’ post-CABG surgery. This study aims to discover the inotropic requirement in patients undergoing CABG surgery based on age, sex, preoperative left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), comorbidities, cross clamping time (CCT), and cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) duration in Hasan Sadikin General Hospital Bandung in 2014-2016. This study is a de- scriptive cross-sectional study done retrospectively through medical records. This study found the inotropic requirement post-CABG surgery was 130 pa- tients (74.3%). The inotropic requirement based on age was 28 patients (80.0%) > 65 years old, 112 patients (75.7%) were male, 18 patients (66.7%) were female, 19 patients (100%) with <40% LVEF, 41 patients (85.4%) with DM, 20 patients (90.9%) with CKD, 44 patients (93.6%) with >90 minute CCT, 37 patients (90.2%) with >120 minute duration CPB. In conclusion, there was a higher inotropic requirement in patients with age > 65 years old, preoperative LVEF < 40%, DM and CKD comorbidities, CPB duration > 120 minutes and CCT > 90 minutes. Keywords Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, Inotropic Requirement, Risk Factors 1. Preliminary Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) is an open cardiac surgery that is of- How to cite this paper: Sudjud, R.W., Catriona, A. and Kadarsah, R.K. (2020) Inotropic Requirement in Patients Under- going Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) in RSUP Dr. Hasan Sadikin Ban- dung in 2014-2016. World Journal of Car- diovascular Surgery, 10, 41-49. https://doi.org/10.4236/wjcs.2020.104006 Received: November 4, 2019 Accepted: April 10, 2020 Published: April 13, 2020 Copyright © 2020 by author(s) and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access