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. 2023 Jul 19;27(3):222–229. doi: 10.1007/s10047-023-01411-1

Table 2.

Preoperative risk factors for de novo AI

Variable Univariable p value Multivariable p value
HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI)
Age, per year 1.00 (0.97–1.02) 0.87
Male 0.57 (0.28–1.16) 0.13 0.5 (0.2–1.3) 0.33
BSA, per m2 0.095 (0.021–0.49)  < 0.01 0.3 (0.1–2.0) 0.076
AI grade > none 1.7 (0.8–3.7) 0.16 2.5 (1.1–5.6) 0.020
RVSWI, per g/m2/beat 1.13 (1.03–1.21)  < 0.01 1.12 (1.02–1.22) 0.047
CVP/PCWP 0.39 (0.043–2.7) 0.36
PAPi 1.1 (0.96–1.2) 0.20
mPAP, per mmHg 0.98 (0.95–1.02) 0.39
CVP, per mmHg 0.98 (0.90–1.05) 0.54
Cardiac index, per L/min 1.70 (0.93–3.00) 0.09
LVEF, per % 1.03 (0.99–1.07) 0.18
Etiology 0.93
Inotropic support 0.56 (0.17–1.83) 0.37

AI aortic insufficiency, BSA body surface area, CI confidence interval, HR hazard ratio, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, mPAP mean pulmonary artery pressure, PAPi pulmonary artery pulsatility index, PCWP pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, RAP right atrial pressure, RVSWI right ventricular stroke work index