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Table 1 Preoperative clinical characteristics of 24 patients with recurrent constrictive pericarditis in the study cohort

From: Re-pericardiectomy for recurrent chronic constrictive pericarditis: left anterolateral thoracotomy is a better approach

 

Median sternotomy (n = 16)

Left anterolateral thoracotomy (n = 8)

P

Age (years)

31.4 ± 8.6

28.9 ± 8.8

0.76

Sex(M:F)

9:7

5:3

0.53

Interval between two operations (years)

6.4 ± 3.1

5.3 ± 4.1

0.42

peripheral venous pressure (cmH2O)

30.4 ± 9.2

28.9 ± 8.8

0.82

Cardiac rhythm (SR:AF)

9:7

4:4

0.88

NYHA

   

II(%)

3

1

0.25

III (%)

6

3

0.37

IV(%)

7

4

0.41

LVEF (%)

53.5 ± 10.7

52.8 ± 7.6

0.65

  1. Abbreviations: LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, SR Sinus Rhythm, AF Atrial Fibrillation, NYHA New York Heart Association, M Males, F Females