Table 2.

Patient characteristics depending on whether the patient underwent an operation or was turned down

	Turndown (n = 49)	Operated (n = 333)	p-Value
Age (years)	69 (61 – 74)	66 (58 – 72)	0.076
Female (%)	24.5	24.9	0.95
Diabetes (%)	12.2	12.9	0.89
Renal dysfunction (%)	6.1	1.2	0.017
Respiratory disease (%)	34.7	12.0	<0.001
Peripheral vascular disease (%)	24.5	4.8	<0.001
Cerebrovascular disease (%)	8.2	14.4	0.23
Endocarditis (%)	0	0.9	0.51
Recent MI (%)	0	1.8	0.34
EF 30–50% (%)	24.5	21.6	0.65
EF <30% (%)	12.2	3.0	0.003
Prior heart surgery (%)	14.3	2.7	<0.001