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Table 1 Preoperative data

From: Surgery for severe aortic stenosis with low transvalvular gradient and poor left ventricular function – a single centre experience and review of the literature

 

LG-Group n = 13

HG-Group n = 17

f/m ratio (n)

2:11

8:9

Age (y, mean, range)

65 (43–77)

69 (33–86)

Symptoms:

  

Dyspnoea

11 pts (85%)

12 pts (70%)

Respiratory insufficiency

5 pts (38%)

6 pts (35%)

Syncope

2 pts (15%)

1 pt (6%)

Cardiogenic shock

2 pts (15%)

2 pts (11%)

AF

4 pts (30%)

4 pts (23%)

Balloon valvuloplasty

0 pt

2 pts (11%)

NYHA class III/IV

9 pts (69%)

12 pts (70%)

Priority:

  

Emergent

2 pts (15%)

3 pts (17%)

Admission-to-surgery

  

interval (d, mean, range)

33.2 (5–85)

11.5 (1–60)

EuroSCORE (mean, range)

  

logistic (%)

22.3 (2.77–59.48)

21.03 (3.13–84.53)

additive

9.8 (3–16)

9.4 (5–19)

  1. AF atrial fibrillation, d days, f/m female/male, h hours, HG high gradient, LG low gradient