Table 1.

Characteristics and medical treatment prior to surgery of right atrial appendage donor patients

A. Non-diabetics
	Patient no.
	1	2	3	4	5	6
Sex	Male	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
Age (years)	60	37	71	51	85	63
Diagnosis	CAD	CAD	AVS	AVS	AVS	AVS
Type of surgery	CABG	CABG	AVR	AVR	AVR	AVR
Medication
Aspirin	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Clopidogrel	No	No	No	No	No	No
Omeprazole	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
β-Blocker	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
ACE inhibitor	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Statin	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
B. Diabetics
	Patient no.
	1	2	3	4	5	6
Sex	Male	Male	Male	Female	Female	Male
Age (years)	38	75	68	79	62	55
Type of diabetes	I	II	II	II	II	II
Diagnosis	CAD	CAD	CAD	AVS	CAD	CAD
Type of surgery	CABG	CABG	CABG	AVR	CABG	CABG
Medication
Insulin	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Glicazide	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Metformin	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Aspirin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Clopidogrel	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Omeprazole	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
β-Blocker	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
ACE inhibitor	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Statin	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes

ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme; AVR, aortic valve replacement; AVS, aortic valve stenosis; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; CAD coronary artery disease.