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Table 2 Patients Characteristics:

From: Five-year follow-up of mitral valve repair versus replacement: a propensity score analysis

 

Repair (N = 64)

Replacement (N = 64)

P value

Age (years)

70.5 (42–86)

71.5 (48–88)

0.75

Gender (n, %) female

30 (46.9%)

32 (50%)

0.72

Weight (kg)

79.5 (54–115)

77.5 (47–138)

0.90

Past history

 Coronary heart disease (n, %)

25 (29.1%)

24 (37.5%)

0.86

 Atrial fibrillation (n, %)

30 (46.9%)

33 (51.6%)

0.60

 COPDa/Asthma bronchial (n, %)

8 (12.5%)

16 (25%)

0.07

 Myocardial infarction (n, %)

2 (3.1%)

6 (9.4%)

0.27

 Previous cardiac surgery (n, %)

1 (1.6%)

1 (1.6%)

1.00

 Stroke (n, %)

2 (3.1%)

7 (10.9%)

0.16

Ejection Fraction ≥ 50% (n, %)

46 (71.9%)

51 (79.7%)

0.43

NYHAb classification

 I

6 (9.4%)

8 (12.5%)

0.36

 II

11 (17.2%)

5 (7.8%)

 

 III

30 (46.9%)

36 (56.3%)

 

 IV

17 (26.5%)

15 (23.4%)

 

Risk factors

 Diabetes mellitus (n, %)

8 (12.5%)

14 (21.9%)

0.16

 Hypertension (n, %)

51 (79.7%)

54 (84.4%)

0.49

 Obesity (n, %)

22 (34.4%)

27 (42.2%)

0.36

 Smoking (n, %)

13 (20.3%)

22 (34.4%)

0.07

 Hyperlipidaemia (n, %)

17 (26.5%)

24 (37.5%)

0.18

  1. aCOPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  2. bNYHA: New York Heart Association