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Table 4 Causes of hospital mortality according to the surgical technique

From: Aortic root surgery in septuagenarians: impact of different surgical techniques

Cause of hospital mortality

MECH-group

n = 51

BIO-group

n = 22

REIMPL-group

n = 22

All

n = 95

Heart failure (intraoperative), n (%)

2 (3.9)

  

2 (2.1)

Heart failure (postoperative), n (%)

4 (7.8)

1 (4.5)

 

5 (5.3)

Myocardial infarction, n (%)

 

1 (4.5)

 

1 (1.0)

Sepsis, n (%)

2 (3.9)

  

2 (2.1)

Stroke, n (%)

1 (2)

1 (4.5)

 

2 (2.1)

Σ hospital mortality, n (%)

9 (17.6)

3 (13.5)

0

12 (12.6)