Table 1 Patient characteristics at baseline (N = 100)
Age - yrs. mean (± SD) | 82.7 (5.6) |
Female sex - n (%) | 56 (56) |
Medically treated diabetes - n (%) | 30 (30) |
Arterial hypertension – n (%) | 91 (91) |
Atrial fibrillation - n (%) | 42 (42) |
Previous Percutaneous Coronary Intervention - n (%) | 23 (23) |
Previous Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - n (%) | 22 (22) |
Previous stroke - n (%) | 14 (14) |
Chronic renal failure - n (%) | 33 (33) |
Pulmonary hypertension (severe) - n (%) | 28 (28) |
Porcelain aorta – n (%) | 16 (16) |
New York Heart Association functional class III or IV – n (%) | 79 (79) |
Society of Thoracic Surgeons score - % mean (± SD) | 6.5 (4.1) |
Euroscore - % mean (±SD) | 25.3 (14.5) |
Permanent pacemaker at baseline - n (%) | 15 (15) |