Table 1:

Preoperative patient characteristics

Patient characteristics	All patients (n = 10)
Age median (years)	76 (65–91)
Sex (males/females)	2/8
Body surface area (m2)	1.6 (1.4–1.9)
NYHA class, median	2.5 (2–3)
Prior stroke	2
Peripheral vascular disease	2
Previous sternotomy	3
Calcified ascending aorta	7
Aortic valve area median (cm2)	0.7 (0.3–1.0)
Mean gradient (mmHg)	45 (18–84)
Left ventricular outflow tract median (mm)	17 (16–21)
Ejection fraction (%)	60 (40–60)
EuroSCORE median	12 (10–15)
EuroSCORE II median	5 (3–11)