Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

No. of patients

30

30

n.s.

Age

56.13 ± 16.11

58.8 ± 13.84

n.s.

Male

24 (80 %)

17 (57 %)

n.s.

Female

6 (20 %)

13 (43 %)

n.s.

BMI

25.96 ± 3.58

24.95 ± 6.38

n.s.

Height

176 ± 9.1

174 ± 10.3

n.s.

Weight

80.5 ± 12.1

76.5 ± 20.4

n.s.

Diabetes

1 (3.3 %)

1 (3.3 %)

n.s.

Smokers

4 (13.3 %)

2 (6.6 %)

n.s.

Dyslipidemia

6 (19.9 %)

9 (29.7 %)

n.s.

Hypertension

15 (49.5 %)

22 (72.6 %)

n.s.

Anterior leaflet prolapse

3 (10 %)

22 (72.6 %)

n.s.

Anterior leaflet prolapse

3 (10 %)

4 (13.3 %)

n.s.

Ejection fraction

60.73 ± 9.20

58.8 ± 8.63

n.s.

Euroscore 2

1.03 ± 0.64

1.21 ± 0.85

n.s.