Covariate
|
AAG cohort
N=63
|
ARR cohort
N=53
|
P value
|
Age, years |
61.1 ± 15.3 |
58.7 ± 15.6 |
0.415 |
Gender, male |
40 (63.5) |
37 (69.8) |
0.473 |
BMI |
27.4 ± 4.8 |
29.7 ± 7.5 |
0.104 |
Hypertension |
41 (65.1) |
34 (64.2) |
0.917 |
Diabetes |
1 (1.6) |
7 (13.2) |
0.014 |
Chronic kidney disease |
1 (1.6) |
3 (5.7) |
0.231 |
Dyslipidaemia |
22 (34.9) |
20 (37.7) |
0.753 |
CVA or TIA |
3 (4.8) |
6 (11.3) |
0.188 |
Ex-smoker |
24 (38.1) |
16 (30.2) |
0.372 |
Current Smoker |
9 (14.3) |
14 (26.4) |
0.019 |
Connective tissue disease |
2 (3.2) |
4 (7.5) |
0.289 |
Euroscore II |
23.4 ± 14.2 |
21.9 ± 13.9 |
0.626 |
Previous cardiac surgery (%) |
2 (3.2) |
2 (3.8) |
0.860 |
CPB time, minutes |
160 ± 62 |
211 ± 128 |
0.011 |
Cross clamp time, minutes |
101 ± 40 |
203 ± 23 |
<0.001 |
Circulatory arrest, minutes |
25 ± 29 |
19 ± 23 |
0.256 |
Moderate/severe AR on TOE (%) |
19 (30.2) |
21 (39.6) |
0.285 |