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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: The use of heparin-coated circuits reduced the mean length of stay in hospital from 7. 8 + / - 2. 5 to 7. 3 + / - 1. 8 days (p = 0. 040) and postoperative ventilation time from 9. 7 + / - 9. 2 to 8. 2 + / - 8. 5 h (p = 0. 018), blood loss 8 h post surgery from 676 + / - 385 to 540 + / - 245 ml (p = 0. 001), individual perioperative change of haemoglobin loss (p = 0. 001), leukocyte count (p = 0. 000) and creatinine elevation (p = 0. 000), proportion of patients exposed to allogenous blood transfusions 39. 2 vs 23. 9 % (p = 0. 001), postoperative coagulation disturbances 4. 4 vs 0. 4 % (p = 0. 006), postoperative deviations from the normal postoperative course 47. 2 vs 36. 7 % (p = 0. 035), neurological deviations 9. 4 vs 3. 9 % (p = 0. 021) and atrial fibrillation 26. 4 vs 18. 0 % (p = 0. 041).