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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics

From: Impact of surgically placed radiopaque markers during aortic root surgery on facilitating secondary diagnostic and therapeutic interventions

 

w/o markers

n = 287

w/ markers

n = 182

P

Age, y

60.0 [52.0–69.0]

56.0 [46.0–65.0]

< 0.01

Female

40 (13.9%)

30 (16.5%)

0.45

BMI, kg/m2

27 [25–30]

25.5 [23, 28]

0.00

Arterial hypertension

280 (97.6%)

178 (97.8%)

1.00

Diabetes mellitus

7 (2.4%)

4 (2.2%)

0.87

Creatinine, mg/dl

0.9 [0.8–1.1]

0.9 [0.8–1.1]

0.67

GFR, ml/min

84.9 [68.3–95.4]

86.5 [74.6–97.1]

0.13

NYHA

  

0.83

I

II

III

IV

280 (97.6%)

3 (1.0%)

2 (0.7%)

2 (0.7%)

178 (97.8%)

3 (1.6%)

1 (0.5%)

0 (0.0%)

 

LVEF, %

53 [45–60]

56 [47–61]

0.20

CAOD

  

0.05

No CAOD

1 vessel

2 vessels

3 vessels

214 (74.6%)

30 (10.5%)

28 (9.8%)

15 (5.2%)

142 (77.0%)

19 (10.4%)

11 (6.0%)

10 (5.5%)

 

Previous cardiac surgery

6 (2.1%)

1 (0.5%)

0.18

Emergency operation

17 (5.9%)

4 (2.2%)

0.06

In-hospital stay, d

15 [12–19]

13 [11–16]

< 0.01

Intensive unit care stay, d

0.98 [0.85–2.86]

0.95 [0.88–1.99]

0.97

30-days mortality

28 (9.8%)

3 (1.6%)

< 0.01

  1. Continuous data are presented as median [IQR] and categorical data are presented as n (%)
  2. BMI: body mass index, GFR: glomerular filtration rate, LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction, CAOD: coronary artery occlusive disease