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Table 1 Patients’ demographic and clinical data (preoperative and follow-up)

From: Quality of life after aortic valve repair is similar to Ross patients and superior to mechanical valve replacement: a cross-sectional study

 

Y (repair)

O (repair)

Ross

M (mechAVR)

Preoperative:

n = 36

n = 52

n = 22

n = 29

 Age (years), ø ± SD

36.3 ± 6.1

59.2 ± 7.7

37.8 ± 11.9

39.7 ± 7.3

 Males (%)

78

70

83

69

 NYHA class (%)

  I

50

23

48

41

  II

39

55

39

45

  III

11

23

13

14

  IV

3

0

0

0

 Bicuspid Ao-valve (%)

78

46

35

79

 Unicuspid Ao-valve (%)

8

0

61

7

 Marfan sy (%)

8

0

0

0

 Art. hypertension (%)

39

64

22

31

 Diabetes (%)

6

18

0

0

 EF (%)

61 ± 8

58 ± 11

65 ± 8

65 ± 6

 AR preop. (%)

  Grade 0

3

2

0

7

  1

11

9

13

14

  2

6

9

4

14

  3

8

15

4

3

  4

72

64

78

62

 AS severe (%)

0

0

36

45

At latest follow-up:

 NYHA class (%)

  I

94

75

100

100

  II

6

25

0

0

  III

0

0

0

0

  IV

0

0

0

0

 EF (%)

62 ± 6

61 ± 9

63 ± 5

65 ± 7

 AR postop. (%)

  Grade 0

47

38

22

0

  1

32

38

61

0

  2

12

19

9

0

  3

0

2

4

0

  4

3

4

0

0

  1. AR aortic regurgitation, AS aortic stenosis, NYHA New York Heart Association functional classification, EF left ventricular ejection fraction