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Table 1 Preoperative patients’ characteristics in both the full sternotomy (FS) group and the ministernotomy (MS) group. Continuous variables are presented as mean ± SD and categorical variables are number and (%)

From: J-ministernotomy for aortic valve replacement: a retrospective cohort study

Variables

FS (n=65)

MS (n=72)

P value

Age (years)

71.1 ± 10.3

70.6 ± 12.5

0.87

Male

34 (52.3%)

48 (66.7%)

0.09

Weight (kg)

77.8 ± 15.5

79.6 ± 17.02

0.54

Height (cm)

167.5 ± 8.5

170.2 ± 8.8

0.09

BMI (kg/m2)

27.8 ± 5.3

27.3 ± 4.7

0.96

Hypertension

51 (78%)

51 (70%)

0.31

Hypercholesterolemia

50 (78%)

53 (74%)

0.65

Diabetes mellitus

  

0.38

Type 1

1 (1.5%)

1 (1.4%)

Type 2

15 (23%)

10 (13.9%)

Current smokers

7 (10.8%)

12 (16.7%)

0.31

Creatinine (mg/dl)

1.09 ± 0.43

1.07±0.37

0.69

Creatinine clearance (ml/min)

69.2 ± 22.63

77.72 ± 35.69

0.37

COPD

9 (13.8%)

5 (6.9%)

0.18

Preoperative dialysis

1 (1.5%)

0 (0%)

0.47

Extracardiac arteriopathy

3 (4.6%)

3 (4.1%)

0.9

Preoperative stroke

4 (6.2%)

1 (1.4%)

0.19

NYHA

  

0.35

I

7 (10.8%)

14 (19.4%)

II

39 (60%)

36 (50%)

III

19(29.2%)

21 (29.2%)

IV

0

1 (1.3%)

Preoperative angina

24 (36.9%)

20 (27.7%)

0.25

Recent infarction

1 (1.5%)

0

0.47

Old infarction

4 (6.15%)

1 (1.4%)

0.19

Urgent surgery

3 (4.6%)

1 (1.4%)

0.35

EuroSCORE (%)

1.99 ± 1.43

2.05 ± 1.77

0.64

Preop. AF

5 (7.6%)

6 (8.3%)

0.89

Preop. CHB

1 (1.5%)

2 (2.7%)

> 0.99

Preop. Hb (g/dl)

13.38 ± 1.41

13.35 ± 1.69

0.92

  1. AF atrial fibrillation, BMI body mass index, CHB complete heart block, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Hb hemoglobin, NYHA NewYork Heart Association, SD standard deviation