Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Table 3 Comparison of pre-and postoperative SF-36 scores between the ring and non-ring annuloplasty groups

From: Outcomes of tricuspid annuloplasty with and without prosthetic rings: a retrospective follow-up study

Domain and summary scores		De Vega procedure	Ring annuloplasty
Physical Functioning	Pre	33.60 ± 10.86	34.67 ± 15.31
	Post	46.11 ± 13.84	52.67 ± 11.04
	P Value	<0.001	<0.001
Role-physical Problem	Pre	30.34 ± 15.38	32.92 ± 13.00
	Post	49.65 ± 14.17	53.75 ± 14.37
	P Value	<0.001	<0.001
Body Pain	Pre	47.46 ± 16.04	47.78 ± 14.00
	Post	51.16 ± 15.32	52.22 ± 12.75
	P Value	0.320	0.204
General Health Perception	Pre	39.31 ± 9.19	38.17 ± 15.95
	Post	46.39 ± 13.29	51.67 ± 11.32
	P Value	<0.001	<0.001
Vitality	Pre	42.17 ± 9.16	43.89 ± 11.28
	Post	46.83 ± 10.87	49.17 ± 9.90
	P Value	0.077	0.038
Social Functioning	Pre	35.67 ± 9.44	37.50 ± 9.52
	Post	46.17 ± 9.35	47.08 ± 9.66
	P Value	<0.001	<0.001
Role-emotional Problem	Pre	45.18 ± 9.65	43.51 ± 14.64
	Post	57.4 ± 13.71	53.70 ± 11.42
	P Value	<0.001	0.002
Mental Health	Pre	47.00 ± 14.36	37.78 ± 12.16
	Post	48.17 ± 13.29	45.97 ± 14.48
	P Value	0.745	0.011
PCS	Pre	38.61 ± 6.55	38.38 ± 8.34
	Post	47.40 ± 6.97	52.58 ± 6.89
	P Value	<0.001	<0.001
MCS	Pre	42.50 ± 5.69	40.67 ± 5.73
	Post	49.64 ± 5.74	48.98 ± 5.81
	P Value	<0.001	<0.001

MCS mental component summary, PCS physical component summary. Bold face numbers shows the P < 0.05

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