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Table 3 Operative and postoperative event outcome

From: Continuous or interrupted pledgeted suture technique in stented bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement: a comparison of in-hospital outcomes

 

All patients (N = 1356)

  

Isolated AVR (N = 621)

 

CST (N = 791)

IPT (N = 565)

P-value

CST (N = 347)

IPT (N = 274)

P-value

ECC minutes (median, IQR)

89 (48)

94 (53)

0.01

72 (23)

83 (28)

0.001

Cross-Clamp minutes (median, IQR)

66 (40)

69 (39)

0.08

51 [15]

58 [17]

0.001

Hospital mortality

3.2%

4.8%

0.13

1.7%

2.9%

0.39

PM implantation

2.9%

2.6%

0.86

2.1%

3.4%

0.45

Paravalvular leakage

0.5%

1.2%

0.22

0.6&

1.9%

0.25

Stroke

1.1%

1.7%

0.48

0.3%

1.3%

0.33

  1. CST: Continues suture technique; IPT: Interrupted pledgeted technique; ECC: Extra corporal circulation; AVR: Aortic valve replacement