From: Five-year follow-up of mitral valve repair versus replacement: a propensity score analysis
Intraoperative findings | Repair (N = 64) | Replacement (N = 64) | p value |
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Indication of surgery | |||
 Elective (n, %) | 50 (78.1%) | 43 (67.2%) | 0.17 |
 Urgent (n, %) | 14 (21.9%) | 13 (20.3%) | 0.83 |
 Emergency (n, %) | 0 (0%) | 8 (12.5%) | 0.006 |
CPBa time (min.) | 90.5 (56–175) | 99.5 (50–265) | 0.10 |
X-clamp timeb (min) | 58 (33–122) | 66 (36–171) | 0.13 |
Duration of surgery (min.) | 166.5 (107–275) | 178 (100–387) | 0.41 |