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Table 2 Surgery

From: Comparison of clinical outcomes in patients undergoing mitral valve replacement with mechanical or biological substitutes: a 20 years cohort

Variables

n

Total sample

Mechanical valve (n = 247)

Biological valve (n = 105)

p

Total surgical time (min) - mean ± SD

348

183.2 ± 61.2

175.5 ± 60.0*

202.5 ± 60.5

< 0.001

ECC time (min) - mean ± SD

352

76.5 ± 33.2

75.4 ± 34.7

79.2 ± 29.4

0.322

ECC > 120 min - n (%)

352

35 (9.9)

20 (8.1)

15 (14.3)

0.114

Ischemia time (min) - mean ± SD

350

57.6 ± 25.4

57.2 ± 24.7

58.4 ± 27.0**

0.691

  1. SD, standard deviation; ECC, extracorporeal circulation; min, minutes.
  2. *n = 243; **n = 103.