| |
Median sternotomy (n = 16)
|
Left anterolateral thoracotomy (n = 8)
|
P
|
|---|
|
Mortality (%)
|
2(12.5)
|
1(12.5)
|
0.81
|
|
peripheral venous pressure (cmH2O)
|
16.4 ± 7.6
|
17.5 ± 5.6
|
0.57
|
|
Cardiac rhythm (SR:AF)
|
9:7
|
6:2
|
0.02
|
|
Operation time (min)
|
110.3 ± 50.6
|
96.2 ± 30.1
|
0.01
|
|
Wound infection (%)
|
3(18.8)
|
1(12.5)
|
0.02
|
|
Pulmonary complications (%)
|
4(25)
|
4(50)
|
0.01
|
|
Postoperative hospital stay
|
9.5 ± 8.0
|
8.8 ± 5.0
|
0.2
|
|
NYHA
| | | |
|
I (%)
|
7
|
4
|
0.41
|
|
II(%)
|
7
|
2
|
0.18
|
|
III (%)
|
2
|
1
|
0.37
|
|
IV(%)
|
1
|
1
|
0.82
|
|
LVEF (%)
|
55.2 ± 11.4
|
53.7 ± 10.1
|
0.56
|
- Abbreviations: LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, SR Sinus Rhythm, AF Atrial Fibrillation, NYHA New York Heart Association
