Table 1.
Baseline characteristics
|
Characteristic |
Number |
Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Number of patients | 188 | |
| Mean age |
53.1 years |
|
| Mean standard error |
7.1 years |
|
| Range |
24 – 60 |
|
| Sex |
|
|
| Male |
149 |
79.3% |
| Female |
39 |
20.7% |
| Age |
|
|
| > 50 years |
145 |
77.1% |
| ≤ 50 years |
43 |
22.8% |
| Left ventricular function |
|
|
| Normal |
109 |
58% |
| Moderately impaired |
58 |
30.8% |
| Profoundly impaired |
21 |
11.2% |
| Aortic valve lesion |
|
|
| Stenosis |
62 |
33.0% |
| Insufficiency |
69 |
36.7% |
| Mixed lesion |
57 |
30.3% |
| Timing of operation |
|
|
| Elective |
185 |
98.4% |
| Urgent/ emergency |
3 |
1.6% |
| Ascending aortic aneurysm |
21 |
11.2% |
| Coronary artery disease | 18 | 9.6% |