Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients enrolled

	N	%
Patients	25	100
Gender
Male	19	76
Female	6	24
Median age	67 ± 11 years
	(50–85 years)
Median postoperative day	21 ± 42 days
	(1–209 days)
Previous cardiac surgery
CABG	n = 15	60
AVR	n = 8	32
MVR	n = 3	12
Ascending aortic	n = 3	12
Replacement
Other (HTX, VAD, pericardectomy)	n = 3	12
Combined	n = 6	24
Redo surgery	n = 2	8