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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Long-term results after mitral valve surgery using minimally invasive versus sternotomy approach: a propensity matched comparison of a large single-center series

 

Unmatched

Matched

Total

N = 1357

MIS

N = 861

CS

N = 496

p value

MIS

N = 422

CS

N = 422

p value

Mean ± SD or %

Mean ± SD or %

Mean ± SD or %

Mean ± SD or %

Mean ± SD or %

Age in years

63.9 ± 12.3

63.2 ± 12.2

65.2 ± 12.6

0.003

63.7 ± 12.6

64.5 ± 12.8

0.383

Female gender

43.3

41.6

46.4

0.086

45.3

45.3

1.000

BMI (kg/m2)

26.4 ± 4.7

26.2 ± 4.5

26.5 ± 4.9

0.315

25.8 ± 4.3

26.5 ± 4.8

0.026

CV risk factors

 Hypertension

53.7

56.4

49.0

0.008

48.8

50.2

0.680

 Dyslipidemia

16.8

22.6

6.9

< 0.001

8.8

7.6

0.530

Comorbidities general

 Diabetes mellitus

8.7

8.4

9.3

0.566

6.4

9.5

0.098

 Kidney failure (Crea. > 2.26 mg/dL)

1.7

0.6

3.6

< 0.001

0.9

1.7

0.363

 Stroke

5.5

5.5

5.4

0.991

5.9

4.5

0.353

 COPD

11.8

12.1

11.3

0.664

12.3

10.4

0.386

 PAD

3.0

2.7

3.6

0.321

2.1

2.4

0.817

Comorbidities cardiac

 Atrial fibrillation

32.4

32.5

32.3

0.919

35.3

31.5

0.243

 Coronary artery disease

10.2

9.6

11.3

0.334

6.9

8.5

0.366

 Prior MI (≤ 90 days)

0.7

0.8

0.4

0.500

1.2

0.5

0.451

 Prior Aortic Valve Replacement

2.1

1.5

3.0

0.059

2.1

1.7

0.614

 Prior CABG

3.9

3.0

5.4

0.026

2.4

3.6

0.310

 Prior Pacemaker

2.2

1.6

3.2

0.051

1.9

2.1

0.806

 NYHA class III/IV

75.5

69.0

86.9

< 0.001

85.1

84.6

0.848

 CCS class III/IV

4.1

2.2

7.3

< 0.001

4.0

3.8

0.859

 Pulmonary hypertension

12.0

14.8

7.3

< 0.001

9.0

8.1

0.622

Emergency indication for surgery

3.9

5.0

2.0

0.006

2.1

1.9

0.806

Log EuroSCORE I

7.8 ± 10.7

6.7 ± 10.2

9.7 ± 11.5

< 0.001

7.3 ± 11.4

7.9 ± 9.1

0.422

  1. p values that are statistically significant are highlighted in bold
  2. BMI body mass index, CABG coronary artery bypass graft, CCS Canadian Cardiovascular society, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CV cardiovascular, MI myocardial infarction, NYHA New York Heart Association, PAD peripheral artery disease, SD standard deviation