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Table 1 Preoperative demographics and patient characteristics

From: Minimally invasive beating heart technique for mitral valve surgery in patients with previous sternotomy and giant left ventricle

Features

Minimally invasive beating heart (n = 30)

Median resternotomy arrested heart (n = 50)

P Value

Demographics

 Age(years)

60.7 ± 6.8

60.2 ± 7.6

0.30

 Male sex

18 (60.0%)

33 (66.0%)

0.59

 Smoker

19 (63.3%)

34 (68.0%)

0.67

 BSA(m2)

1.74 ± 0.08

1.74 ± 0.07

0.61

 BMI(kg/ m2)

23.6 ± 0.9

24.0 ± 1.0

0.90

Comorbidities

 Congestive heart failure

6 (20.0%)

12 (24.0%)

0.68

 Hypertension

13 (43.3%)

25 (50.0%)

0.56

 COPD

2 (6.7%)

7 (14.0%)

0.52

 Diabetes mellitus

2 (6.7%)

6 (12.0%)

0.70

 Pulmonary hypertension

6 (20.0%)

15 (30.0%)

0.33

 Atrial fibrillation

13 (43.3%)

21 (42.0%)

0.91

 Cerebrovascular disease

1 (3.3%)

3 (6.0%)

1.0

Previous cardiac surgeries

  

0.60

 MVP

8 (26.7%)

9 (18.0%)

 

 MVR

8 (26.7%)

18 (36.0%)

 

 MVR + TVP

4 (13.3%)

6 (12.0%)

 

 MVP + TVP

4 (13.3%)

3 (6.0%)

 

 MVR + AVR

4 (13.3%)

10 (20.0%)

 

 CABG

2 (6.7%)

4 (8.0%)

 

NYHA functional class

  

0.64

 I

4 (13.3%)

3 (6.0%)

 

 II

6 (20.0%)

15 (30.0%)

 

 III

14 (46.7%)

18 (36.0%)

 

 IV

6 (20.0%)

14 (28.0%)

 

Logistic EuroSCORE

15.3% ± 5.4%

14.8% ± 5.4%

0.61

Predominant valve lesion

  

0.95

 Perivalvular leakage

6 (20.0%)

9 (18.0%)

 

 Prosthesis dysfunction

2 (6.7%)

6 (12.0%)

 

 Rheumatic

4 (13.3%)

6 (12.0%)

 

 Endocarditis

6 (20.0%)

11 (22.0%)

 

 Perivalvular hyperplasia

8 (26.7%)

9 (18.0%)

 

 Bioprosthetic valve decay

4 (13.3%)

9 (18.0%)

 

Echocardiography

 LVEF

0.43 ± 0.08

0.45 ± 0.09

0.27

 LVEDD(mm)

75.8 ± 3.9

75.3 ± 3.6

0.52

 LVESD(mm)

50.0 ± 5.3

49.2 ± 4.8

0.70

 LVFS

0.31 ± 0.04

0.32 ± 0.04

0.81

Cardiothoracic Ratio

0.72 ± 0.05

0.71 ± 0.05

0.70

Moderate or greater TR

8 (26.7%)

14 (28.0%)

0.90

  1. Continuous variables are expressed as means ± standard deviation
  2. Acronyms: BSA Body surface area, BMI Body mass index, COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, MVP Mitral valvuloplasty, MVR Mitral valve replacement, TVP Tricuspid valvuloplasty, AVR Aortic valve replacement, CABG Coronary artery bypass grafting, NYHA New York Heart Association, LVEDD Left ventricular end diastolic diameter, LVESD Left ventricular end systolic diameter, LVEF Left ventricular ejection fraction, LVFS Left ventricular fraction shortening, TR Tricuspid regurgitation