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This study assessed the usefulness of selected perioperative parameters in predicting prolonged postoperative use of inotropic drugs and cardiogenic shock and\/or death in a group of patients requiring prolonged supply of inotropes drugs. Methods: This prospective study was conducted on a group of 607 patients undergoing heart valve surgery. The primary endpoint in-hospital follow-up was prolonged postoperative use of inotropes drugs. The secondary composite endpoint was cardiogenic shock requiring mechanical circulatory support (MCS) and\/or death from any cause in patients with prolonged postoperative use of inotropes drugs. Results: A total of 210 patients required inotropes drugs for more than 48 h. Age (p = 0.03), preoperative atrial fibrillation (p &lt; 0.001), preoperative NT-proBNP level (p &lt; 0.001), Troponin T measured one day after surgery (TnT II) (p &lt; 0.001), and the need for urgent postoperative rethoracotomy (p &lt; 0.001) remained independent predictors of primary endpoint. Preoperative hemoglobin level (p = 0.001) and TnT II (p &lt; 0.001) were independent predictors of death and cardiogenic shock requiring MCS. Conclusions: Patients with elevated preoperative NT-proBNP values, as well as with increasing postoperative troponin T levels, are at risk of prolonged postoperative use of inotropes drugs, a complication which is associated with a significant risk of developing further adverse consequences, such as cardiogenic shock and death.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm14082719","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,16]],"date-time":"2025-04-16T04:05:31Z","timestamp":1744776331000},"page":"2719","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Usefulness of Myocardial Injury Parameters in Predicting Prolonged Postoperative Use of Inotropes Drugs in Patients Undergoing Heart Valve Surgery"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6506-5612","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Piotr","family":"Duchnowski","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardinal Wyszynski National Institute of Cardiology, 04-628 Warsaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Witold","family":"\u015amigielski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardinal Wyszynski National Institute of Cardiology, 04-628 Warsaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Piotr","family":"Ko\u0142sut","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardinal Wyszynski National Institute of Cardiology, 04-628 Warsaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"818","DOI":"10.1093\/ehjacc\/zuac114","article-title":"Predictors and associated clinical outcomes of low cardiac output syndrome following cardiac surgery: Insights from the LEVO-CTS trial","volume":"11","author":"Kochar","year":"2022","journal-title":"Eur. 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