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Table 3 Propensity matched comparison of all-cause mortality in replacement versus repair

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

 

Coefficient

95% CI

P value

Replacement versus repair*

0.1176

0.04–0.19

0.002

  1. Statistical significance (p < 0.05) was denoted by bolded value
  2. *Matched for all baseline demographic characteristics in Table 1 except Logistic EuroSCORE to avoid the effects of collinearity, including age, gender, BMI, CCS status, NYHA status, previous cardiac surgery, diabetes, hypertension, current smoker, history of dialysis, respiratory disease, stroke/TIA, extra cardiac arteriopathy, non-sinus rhythm on admission, LVEF, urgency, and active endocarditis