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. 2012 Jun 10;7:52. doi: 10.1186/1749-8090-7-52

Table 2.

Details on surgery. Characteristics are given in absolute numbers and percent or median and first and third quartile

Indication for MIAVR  
- Aortic stenosis
18 (72%)
- Aortic insufficiency
2 (8%)
- Bicuspid aortic valves
2 (8%)
- Complex vitium
2 (8%)
- Combined aortic vitium
1 (4%)
Surgical access
 
- Minithoracotomy
18 (72%)
- Hemisternotomy
7 (28%)
Aortic clamp time
97 min (Q1: 75, Q3: 116)
Extracorporeal time 135 min (Q1: 116, Q3: 166)

Compression is higher for data that are easy or inexpensive to reproduce, and lower for data derived from unique or irreproducible samples.