Table 3.
In-hospital outcomes by valve tissue type.
| Variables | Overall | Matched cohort | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pericardial | Porcine | Pvalue | Pericardial | Porcine | Abs. std. diff | |
| Number of procedures | N = 801 | N = 483 | N = 432 | N = 432 | ||
| Return to OR for bleeding, % | 52 (6.5%) | 43 (8.9%) | 0.11 | 26 (6.0%) | 40 (9.3%) | 0.12 |
| Stroke, % | 26 (3.2%) | 12 (2.5%) | 0.44 | 16 (3.7%) | 8 (1.9%) | 0.11 |
| Acute kidney injury, % | 84 (10.5%) | 58 (12.0%) | 0.4 | 50 (11.6%) | 48 (11.1%) | 0.01 |
| Mediastinitis, % | 9 (1.1%) | 3 (0.6%) | 0.36 | 6 (1.4%) | 3 (0.7%) | 0.07 |
| Pneumonia, % | 65 (8.1%) | 34 (7.0%) | 0.48 | 34 (7.9%) | 29 (6.7%) | 0.04 |
| Length of stay, median (IQR) days | 8.0 (6.0–13.0) | 8.0 (6.0–14.0) | 0.32 | 9.0 (6.0–13.0) | 8.0 (6.0–13.5) | 0.04 |
| In-hospital mortality | 92 (11.5%) | 60 (12.4%) | 0.61 | 59 (13.7%) | 50 (11.6%) | 0.06 |
| 30-day mortality | 98 (12.2%) | 61 (12.6%) | 0.84 | 61 (14.1%) | 51 (11.8%) | 0.07 |