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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Long-term results of endoclamping in patients undergoing minimally invasive mitral valve surgery where external aortic clamping cannot be used – a propensity matched analysis

 

Total patient population

PS-matched patient population

Total

N = 822

ENDOCLAMP

N = 64

EXOCLAMP

N = 758

p-value

ENDOCLAMP

N = 63

EXOCLAMP

N = 63

p-value

Age in years

63.0 ± 12.1

62.3 ± 11.4

63.0 ± 12.2

0.675

62.2 ± 11.5

63.5 ± 13.1

0.554

Female gender, %

42.3

39.1

42.6

0.581

39.7

34.9

0.581

BMI (kg/m2)

26.2 ± 4.5 (570)

27.2 ± 5.1 (41)

26.1 ± 4.4 (529)

0.133

27.3 ± 5.2 (40)

25.9 ± 4.7 (53)

0.179

CV risk factors

 Hypertension, %

55.7

65.6

54.9

0.097

65.1

65.1

1.000

 Dyslipidemia, %

21.3

25.0

21.0

0.454

23.8

31.7

0.320

 Diabetes mellitus, %

7.3

15.6

6.6

0.020

14.3

14.3

1.000

Comorbidities general

 Creatinine (mg/dL)

0.9 ± 0.3

0.9 ± 0.3

0.9 ± 0.3

0.977

0.9 ± 0.3

0.9 ± 0.5

0.114

 Kidney failurea, %

0.5

0.0

0.5

1.000

0.0

3.2

0.496

 Stroke, %

5.1

1.6

5.4

0.244

1.6

6.3

0.365

 COPD, %

11.9

14.1

11.7

0.582

14.3

19.0

0.473

 PAD, %

2.4

0.0

2.6

0.393

0.0

3.2

0.496

Comorbidity cardiac

 Atrial fibrillation, %

31.5

32.8

31.4

0.815

31.7

38.1

0.455

 Coronary artery disease, %

7.7

18.8

6.7

0.002

17.5

19.0

0.818

 Prior MI (≤ 90 days), %

0.9

3.1

0.7

0.097

3.2

1.6

1.000

 Prior AVR, %

0.6

3.1

0.4

0.051

1.6

1.6

1.000

 Prior CABG, %

0.7

0.0

0.8

1.000

0.0

1.6

1.000

 Prior pacemaker, %

1.1

0.0

1.2

1.000

0.0

3.2

0.496

 NYHA class III / IV, %

68.5

65.6

68.7

0.612

65.1

66.7

0.851

 CCS class III / IV, %

2.2

0.0

2.4

0.388

0.0

6.3

0.119

 Pulmonary hypertension, %

14.0

10.9

14.2

0.463

11.1

17.5

0.309

Emergency indication, %

4.5

9.4

4.1

0.061

7.9

7.9

1.000

LogEuroSCORE I, %

3.1 [1.5–6.4]

2.8 [1.5–5.5]

3.1 [1.5–6.4]

0.489

2.8 [1.5–5.5]

3.5 [1.6–9.2]

0.115

  1. Legend: values are reported as percent or mean ± SD; AVR Aortic valve replacement, BMI Body mass index, CABG Coronary artery bypass graft, CCS Canadian Cardiovascular society, COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CV Cardiovascular, MI Myocardial infarction, NYHA New York Heart Association, PAD Peripheral artery disease, SD Standard deviation; aCreatinine > 2.26 mg/dL