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Table 1 Baseline and procedural characteristics of study participants by repair and replace

From: Should more patients be offered repair for mitral valve endocarditis? a single-centre 15-year experience

 

MVr (n = 85)

MVR (n = 98)

*P value

Age (years)

56 (42–70)

60 (46–69)

0.5756

Gender, females

28 (32.9)

34 (34.7)

0.803

BMI

24 (21–27)

23 (21–27)

0.7034

CCS class 3–4 angina

5 (5.9)

3 (3.1)

0.475

NYHA ≥ 3

30 (35.3)

42 (42.9)

0.296

MI within 90 days of surgery

2 (2.4)

0 (0.0)

0.214

Previous cardiac surgery

7 (8.2)

9 (9.2)

0.821

Diabetes

7 (8.2)

13 (13.3)

0.277

Hypertension

35 (41.2)

41 (42.3)

0.935

Current smoker

17 (20.0)

24 (24.5)

0.468

History of dialysis

7 (8.6)

9 (9.8)

0.796

History of respiratory disease

6 (7.1)

16 (16.3)

0.055

History of stroke/TIA

14 (16.5)

25 (25.5)

0.136

Extracardiac arteriopathy

2 (2.4)

6 (6.2)

0.287

Non-SR on admission

9 (10.6)

11 (11.2)

0.891

LVEF

 > 50%

64 (75.3)

66 (67.4)

0.388

 31–50%

20 (23.5)

28 (28.6)

 

 ≤ 30%

1 (1.2)

4 (4.1)

 

Logistic EuroSCORE

8 (4–18)

15 (6–29)

0.0007

Urgency

 Elective

23 (27.1)

8 (8.2)

0.002

 Urgent

45 (52.9)

62 (63.3)

 

 Emergency

16 (18.8)

28 (28.6)

 

 Salvage

1 (1.2)

0 (0)

 

Concomitant cardiac surgery

 Valve alone

63 (74.1)

80 (81.6)

0.329

 Valve + CABG

8 (9.4)

4 (4.1)

 

 Valve + other^

13 (15.3)

11 (11.2)

 

 Valve + CABG + other^

1 (1.2)

3 (3.1)

 

Active IE

51 (60.0)

84 (85.7)

 < 0.0001

MV Regurgitation

84 (98.8)

92 (94.9)

0.374

Concomitant valve surgery

 Mitral only

71 (83.5)

72 (73.5)

0.205

 Mitral + Aortic

12 (14.1)

19 (19.4)

 

 Mitral + Tricuspid

2 (2.4)

3 (3.1)

 

 Mitral + Aortic + Tricuspid

0 (0)

4 (4.1)

 

Cumulative cross clamp time

76 (55–98)

82 (64–106)

0.1476

Cumulative bypass time

103 (75–123)

111 (85–145)

0.0561

Later year of surgery (early 2005–2012 vs late 2013–2021)

53 (62.4)

62 (63.3)

0.899

  1. Data presented are median (IQR) or number (percentage), where appropriate
  2. Statistical significance (p < 0.05) was denoted by bolded values
  3. MVr mitral valve repair, MVR mitral valve replacement, CCS Canadian Cardiovascular Society, NYHA New York Heart Association, MI myocardial infarction, TIA transient ischaemic attack, SR sinus rhythm, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, CABG coronary artery bypass graft, IE infective endocarditis, MV mitral valve
  4. *P value was based on chi-square, Fisher’s exact test or Mann–Whitney U test where appropriate
  5. ^Other cardiac procedures in descending order of frequency were ASD closures, VSD closures, LA appendage occlusion, and pericardiectomies