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. 2025 Apr 23;25:306. doi: 10.1186/s12872-025-04763-z

Table 1.

Perioperative patient characteristics

Variables All (n = 601) No POAF POAF
Normal LVMI
(n = 110)
High LVMI
(n = 238)
p value Normal LVMI
(n = 54)
High LVMI
(n = 199)
p value
Age (years) 76.0 ± 8.1 73.4 ± 8.2 77.5 ± 8.9 < 0.001 74.2 ± 7.4 79.5 ± 7.6 0.0051
Male 239 (39.8) 56 (50.1) 82 (34.5) < 0.001 29 (53.7) 72 (36.2) < 0.001
BSA (m2) 1.48 ± 0.18 1.51 ± 0.18 1.43 ± 0.18 0.648 1.52 ± 0.19 1.42 ± 0.17 0.703
Hypertension 464 (77.2) 80 (72.7) 178 (74.8) 0.725 40 (74.1) 166 (83.4) 0.044
Diabetes mellitus 188 (31.3) 34 (30.9) 77 (32.4) 0.554 17 (31.5) 60 (30.1) 0.613
Coronary artery disease 269 (44.8) 46 (41.8) 105 (44.1) 0.884 26 (48.1) 92 (46.2) 0.459
CKD (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2) 233 (38.8) 38 (34.5) 77 (32.4) 0.623 23 (42.6) 95 (47.7) 0.537
History of cerebrovascular events 89 (14.8) 13 (11.8) 33 (13.9) 0.913 10 (18.5) 33 (16.5) 0.581
COPD 203 (33.8) 35 (31.8) 80 (33.6) 0.759 18 (33.3) 70 (35.2) 0.813
NYHA functional class III/IV 179 (29.8) 19 (17.3) 70 (29.4) < 0.001 17 (31.5) 73 (36.7) < 0.001
NT-proBNP (pg/ml) 1792 (593–3908) 1232 (511–1936) 2538 (926–5302) < 0.001 1362 (496–3637) 2845 (973–6985) < 0.001
CHA2DS2-Vasc score 4.2 ± 1.4 4.0 ± 1.3 4.0 ± 1.2 0.568 4.5 ± 1.6 4.6 ± 1.5 0.674
STS risk score 6.9 (4.0–10.5) 6.1 (4.4–10.1) 6.7 (4.0–10.3) 0.021 6.9 (4.2–10.5) 7.5 (4.3–10.6) 0.013
Echocardiographic characteristics
 AV peak velocity (m/s) 4.58 ± 0.72 4.59 ± 0.64 4.62 ± 0.75 0.387 4.47 ± 0.78 4.52 ± 0.73 0.425
 Mean AV pressure gradient (mmHg) 51.4 ± 19.5 51.5 ± 18.3 52.4 ± 19.2 0.412 49.9 ± 19.6 52.7 ± 19.9 0.529
 AV area (cm2) 0.63 ± 0.18 0.62 ± 0.17 0.63 ± 0.18 0.724 0.65 ± 0.19 0.63 ± 0.18 0.656
 LV GLS (%) -15.3 ± 4.1 -15.3 ± 4.3 -15.4 ± 4.2 0.672 -15.1 ± 4.3 -15.3 ± 4.0 0.659
 LVEF (%) 52.3 ± 7.8 53.3 ± 13.2 52.8 ± 13.1 0.538 52.9 ± 13.4 49.3 ± 14.6 0.653
 LVESVI (ml/m2) 46.2 ± 17.8 45.2 ± 18.5 47.2 ± 17.6 0.516 45.2 ± 17.2 45.5 ± 16.8 0.687
 LVEDVI (ml/m2) 96.9 ± 19.3 94.7 ± 18.9 98.6 ± 18.8 0.587 95.5 ± 19.7 96.4 ± 19.6 0.492
 LVMI (g/m2) 136.3 ± 21.6 103.8 ± 10.5 150.8 ± 29.5 < 0.001 104.6 ± 10.2 163.8 ± 35.8 < 0.001
 SVI (ml/m2) 51.6 ± 8.8 53.6 ± 8.4 49.6 ± 9.5 0.362 51.8 ± 8.3 48.4 ± 9.7 0.441
 LAVI (mL/m2) 51.3 ± 16.6 45.4 ± 16.2 44.8 ± 16.8 0.419 59.3 ± 19.6 65.9 ± 17.7 0.685
 Mitral regurgitation ≥ moderate 78 (13.0) 8 (7.2) 22 (9.2) 0.039 8 (14.8) 40 (20.1) 0.016
 Tricuspid regurgitation ≥ moderate 45 (7.5) 5 (4.6) 15 (6.3) 0.040 4 (7.4) 21 (10.6) 0.027
Procedural characteristics and 30 day-outcomes
 Transfemoral access 532 (88.5) 101 (91.8) 210 (88.2) 0.763 46 (85.2) 175 (87.9) 0.812
 Implanted valve size
  20 mm 36 (6.0) 6 (5.5) 12 (5.1) 0.67 4 (7.4) 14 (70.3) 0.516
  23 mm 242 (40.3) 48 (43.6) 107 (45.0) 0.595 19 (35.2) 68 (34.2) 0.628
  26 mm 237 (39.4) 39 (35.5) 87 (36.6) 0.543 23 (42.6) 88 (44.2) 0.669
  29 mm 86 (14.3) 17 (15.5) 32 (13.4) 0.732 8 (14.8) 29 (14.6) 0.645
 Major vascular complication 35 (5.8) 7 (6.4) 13 (5.5) 0.698 3 (5.6) 12 (6.0) 0.697
 Myocardial infarction 20 (3.3) 3 (2.7) 7 (2.9) 0.783 2 (3.7) 8 (4.0) 0.886
 Disabling stroke 16 (2.7) 3 (2.7) 5 (2.1) 0.542 2 (3.7) 6 (3.0) 0.516
 Moderate-severe PVL 14 (2.3) 2 (1.8) 4 (1.7) 0.553 2 (3.7) 6 (3.0) 0.497
 Major bleeding 27 (4.5) 4 (3.6) 10 (4.2) 0.498 3 (5.6) 10 (5.0) 0.531
 ICU stay (day) 2.0 ± 1.1 1.8 ± 1.1 2.0 ± 1.0 0.523 1.9 ± 1.0 2.2 ± 1.2 0.673
 Length of hospital stay (day) 4.5 (2.3–5.8) 4.1 (2.1–5.5) 4.8 (2.5-6.0) 0.462 4.3 (2.5–5.8) 4.9 (2.3–6.2) 0.508
Medications at discharge
 ACE inhibitor/ARB 436 (72.5) 47 (42.7) 189 (79.4) < 0.001 21 (38.9) 179 (89.9) < 0.001
 Beta blocker 435 (72.3) 42 (38.2) 178 (74.8) < 0.001 29 (53.7) 186 (93.4) < 0.001
 Diuretics 162 (27.0) 12 (10.9) 66 (27.7) < 0.001 9 (16.7) 75 (37.7) < 0.001
 SGLT2i 53 (8.8) 8 (7.3) 20 (8.4) 0.694 5 (9.3) 20 (10.1) 0.792

Values are number (%), mean (SD) or median (IQR).

ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme, ARB angiotensin II receptor blocker; AV, aortic valve, BSA, body surface area; CKD, chronic kidney disease; COPD, chronic obstructive lung disease; GLS, global longitudinal strain; LAVI, left atrial volume index; LV, left ventricular; LVEDVI, left ventricular end-diastolic volumes index; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LVESVI, left ventricular end-systolic volume index; LVMI, left ventricular mass index; NYHA, New York Heart Association; NOAC, non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant agent; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; POAF, postoperative atrial fibrillation; STS, Society of Thoracic Surgeons; SVI, left ventricular stroke volume index; PVL, paravalvular leak; SGLT2i, sodium-glucose transport protein 2 inhibitor; VKA, vitamin K antagonist