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Table 1 Preoperative patient characteristics

From: Aortic arch cannulation with the guidance of transesophageal echocardiography for Stanford type A aortic dissection

Variable

Group A(n = 33)

Group F(n = 29)

Total(n = 62)

P value

Age(means±S.D.)

46.48 ± 10.32

47.90 ± 9.93

47.15 ± 10.08

0.756

Male

29(87.88%)

21(72.41%)

50(83.33%)

0.124

BMI

26.05 ± 4.25

23.32 ± 3.11

24.77 ± 3.97

0.060

Smoke

23(69.70%)

11(37.93%)

54.84(%)

0.012

Drink

18(54.55%)

6(20.69%)

38.71(%)

0.006

Marfan’s syndrome

2(6.06%)

3(10.34%)

5(8.06%)

0.658

Hypertension

19(57.58%)

11(37.93%)

30(48.39%)

0.122

Coronary heart disease

2(6.06%)

1(3.45%)

3(4.84%)

1.000

Respiratory disease

2(6.06%)

2(6.90%)

4(6.45%)

1.000

Liver dysfunction

6(18.18%)

4(13.79%)

10(16.13%)

0.902

Renal dysfunction

4(12.12%)

3(10.34%)

7(4.84%)

1.000

Chronic aortic dissection

5(15.15%)

5(17.24%)

10(16.13%)

1.000

History of aortic dissection

2(6.06%)

0

2(3.23%)

0.494

Cardiac reoperation

2(6.06%)

0

2(3.23%)

0.494