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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Oct 6.
Published before final editing as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2026 Jul 6:S0022-5223(26)01142-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.06.020

TABLE 2.

Procedural attributes for the entire cohort

Intraoperative characteristic Overall Repair Replacement Significance
Adjunct procedures
 Tricuspid repair* 83 (73) 67 (77) (59) .09
 Coronary artery bypass graft 23 (10) 19 (12) 4 (6) .33
 Atrial fibrillation ablation† 114 (75) 93 (84) 21 (50) <.001‡
 Cardiopulmonary bypass time 97 (77–131) 92.5 (75–124) 107 (85–149) .01‡
 Crossclamp time§ 75 (58–103) 71 (57–96) 91.5 (71–128) <.001‡
 Nonelective status 15 (7) 5 (3) 10 (16) .002‡
Operative approach .009‡
 Sternotomy 185 (84) 139 (88) 46 (73)
 Thoracotomy 36 (16) 19 (12) 17 (27)

Values are presented as n (%) or median (interquartile range).

*

One hundred fourteen out of 221 patients who had moderate or greater tricuspid regurgitation were included in analysis.

†

Ablation rates were calculated out of all patients with preoperative atrial fibrillation (n = 153).

‡

P < .05.

§

Twenty-six patients who underwent beating heart surgery were excluded.