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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Jul;90(1):153–160. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.044

Table 2.

Patient demographics, preoperative risk factors and operative features for patients undergoing mitral valve operations by operative group.

Variable Elective Urgent/Emergent
MVR (n=419) MV Repair (n=674) P-value MVR (n=261) MV Repair (n=123) P value
PREOPERATIVE
Patient Age 60.3±0.7 56.8±0.5 <0.001 61.4±0.8 58.2±1.2 0.03
Sex (Female) 243 (58.0%) 265 (39.3%) <0.001 144 (55.2%) 50 (40.7%) 0.01
Hypertension 256 (61.1%) 330 (49.0%) <0.001 158 (60.5%) 69 (56.1%) 0.44
Peripheral Arterial Disease 25 (6.0%) 23 (3.4%) 0.05 26 (10.0%) 7 (5.7%) 0.18
Stroke 40 (9.5%) 23 (3.4%) <0.001 32 (12.3%) 12 (9.8%) 0.61
Diabetes Mellitus 70 (16.7%) 62 (9.2%) <0.001 61 (23.4%) 17 (13.8%) 0.03
Heart Failure 180 (43.0%) 168 (24.9%) <0.001 199 (76.2%) 83 (67.5%) 0.08
Atrial fibrillation 93 (22.2%) 54 (8.0%) <0.001 73 (28.0%) 20 (16.3%) 0.02
NYHA Class
  Class I 73 (17.4%) 164 (24.3%) 0.01 17 (6.5%) 19 (15.4%) 0.01
  Class II 154 (36.8%) 315 (46.7%) 0.001 40 (15.3%) 25 (20.3%) 0.24
  Class III 156 (37.2%) 174 (25.8%) <0.001 84 (32.2%) 43 (35.0%) 0.64
  Class IV 36 (8.6%) 21 (3.1%) <0.001 120 (46.0%) 36 (29.3%) 0.002
Infective Endocarditis 41 (9.8%) 45 (6.7%) 0.07 82 (31.4%) 20 (16.3%) 0.002
Renal Failure 23 (5.5%) 16 (2.4%) 0.01 36 (13.8%) 12 (9.8%) 0.32
Renal Failure (Hemodialysis) 18 (4.3%) 11 (1.6%) 0.01 28 (10.7%) 9 (7.3%) 0.19
Ejection Fraction (%) 54.4±0.6 55.7±0.4 0.06 52.1±0.8 50.7±1.3 0.34
Mitral Valve Stenosis 100 (23.9%) 13 (1.9%) <0.001 39 (14.9%) 4 (3.3%) 0.003
Mitral Regurgitation (Moderate) 13.4% 12.3% 0.64 26 (10.0%) 15 (12.2%) 0.60
Mitral Regurgitation (Severe) 70.2% 82.6% <0.001 194 (74.3%) 99 (80.5%) 0.20
OPERATIVE
Aortic Cross Clamp Time (min) 93.5±1.9 86.4±1.4 0.002 97.2±2.4 84.0±3.6 0.002
Cardiopulmonary Bypass Time (min) 133.9±2.5 123.8±1.7 0.001 144.4±3.7 120.5±4.4 <0.001