Table 1 Preoperative characteristics

Description of the population

Cohort

309

Age (years)

63 ± 13

Male gender

210 (68,0)

BMI (Kg/m²)

26.2 ± 6.1

NYHA class

I

II

III

IV

50 (16.6)

121 (40.2)

130 (43.2)

0 (0.0)

EuroSCORE II (%)

1.12 [0.74–1.99]

Risk factors

Previous cardiac surgery

4 (1.3)

Hypertension

169 (56.1)

Diabetes

27 (9.0)

Dyslipidemia

73 (24.3)

COPD

28 (10.1)

Previous stroke

0 (0.0)

PVD

6 (2.2)

AF

83 (27.4)

Pacemaker-ICD

10 (3.3)

CKD

32 (10.6)

Echocardiographic features

LVEF (%)

56.8 ± 6.1

PAP (mmHg)

34.4 ± 9.4

MV etiology

Degenerative

Secondary

Endocarditis

Other

260 (84.1)

42 (13.6)

2 (0.6)

5 (1.6)

MV anulus (mm)

42 ± 4

MV prolapse

PML

AML

Bileaflet

242 (78.3)

48 (15.5)

32 (10.4)

TR

0

1+

2+

3+

4+

18 (7.4)

162 (66.4)

26 (10.7)

31 (12.7)

7 (2.9)