Table 1 Preoperative clinical characteristics
From: Use of intraventricular ribbon gauze to reduce particulate emboli during aortic valve replacement
Mean Age | 65.9 ± 8.9 years |
Male:Female | 19:11 |
Aortic valve disease | |
Stenosis | 25 |
Regurgitation | 5 |
Coronary artery disease | 13 |
Left ventricular ejection fraction | |
>50% | 25 |
30–49% | 5 |
<30% | 2 |
Parsonnet score | 11.2 ± 7.6 |