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Table 1 Preoperative patient characteristics

From: Prognostic impact of functional mitral regurgitation prior to left ventricular assist device implantation

Variables

MR-group (n = 34)

Control-group (n = 43)

p value

Age (years), mean ± SD

52.0 ± 13.2

56.3 ± 10.9

0.126

Male, n (%)

27 (79.4)

38 (88.4)

0.282

BMI, kg/m2, mean ± SD

24.9 ± 4.5

26.9 ± 6.3

0.115

Ischemic cardiomyopathy, n (%)

11 (32.4)

28 (65.1)

0.004

Non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy, n (%)

23 (67.6)

15 (34.9)

0.004

Arterial hypertension, n (%)

10 (29.4)

23 (53.5)

0.034

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

11 (32.4)

14 (32.6)

0.985

COPD > GOLD II, n (%)

4 (11.8)

10 (23.3)

0.194

Atrial fibrillation, n (%)

16 (47.1)

23 (58.1)

0.102

Previous stroke, n (%)

4 (11.8)

5 (11.6)

0.985

Chronic renal failure, n (%)

26 (76.5)

26 (60.5)

0.136

Previous hemodialysis, n (%)

5 (14.7)

6 (14.0)

0.925

Serum creatinin level (mg/dl), mean ± SD

1.6 ± 0.6

1.7 ± 0.7

0.279

Serum NT-proBNP level (pg/dl), mean ± SD

10,336 ± 8360

9692 ± 8816

0.766

Destination therapy, n (%)

12 (35.3)

23 (53.5)

0.113

Serum GOT level (U/l), mean ± SD

73.8 ± 114.7

103.5 ± 237.1

0.482

Serum GPT level (U/l), mean ± SD

80.1 ± 142.6

93.9 ± 159.2

0.691

Serum bilirubin level (mg/dl), mean ± SD

1.3 ± 0.8

1.2 ± 0.8

0.547

Previous short-term MCS, n (%)

9 (26.5)

13 (30.2)

0.717

Previous sternotomy, n (%)

5 (14.7)

16 (37.2)

0.028

Previous CABG, n (%)

3 (8.8)

11 (25.6)

0.026

  1. BMI body mass index, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, GOLD Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, NYHA New York Heart Association, NT-pro-BNP N-terminal pro-B natriuretic peptide, GOT glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, GPT glutamic pyruvic transaminase