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. 2014 Mar 10;12:41. doi: 10.1186/1741-7015-12-41

Table 1.

Differences in baseline characteristics between MAC and GA

Study
Yamamoto
Motloch
Dhedin
Ben-Dor
Behan
Linke
Covello
  MA GA MAC GA MAC GA MAC GA MAC GA MAC GA MAC GA
n
130
44
41
33
34
91
42
27
9
3
547
449
42
27
Logistic EuroScore
22.0*
26.6*
NA
NA
23.6
24
40.1*
28.1*
21.8
22.9
**
**
27.3
22.9
STS score (mortality)
11.2
14.3
20.8
16.5
9.2*
14*
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Prior CVA/TIA
10.1%
11.1%
14.6%
24.2%
12%
11%
30%*
9.1%*
11%
33%
NA
NA
19%
15%
CAD
10.1%
11.1%
43.9%
42.4%
44%
52%
55.7%
45.5%
NA
NA
**
**
57%
44%
Renal dysfunction (CrCl >60 ml/minute)
68.5%
63.6%
NA
NA
56%
44%
37.1%
50%
11%
0%
NA
NA
NA
NA
Age
83.7
84.7
82.6
83.4
83.5
83
84.1
83.7
80
83
**
**
79.5
77.6
Females
60.5%
53.3%
65.9%
45.5%
47%
50%
58.5%
63.6%
33%
33%
**
**
NA
NA
Diabetes
25.6%
13.3%
29.3%
27.3%
23%
19%
30%
31.8%
NA
NA
**
**
33%
30%
Hypertension
81.4%
73.3%
82.5%
75.8%
74%
64%
90%
95.5%
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
COPD
23.3%
24.4%
9.8%
12.1%
15%
30%
14.3%
9.1%
33%
33%
NA
NA
69%
37%
EF
50.4%*
45.1%*
53.6%
54.8%
57%
50%
52.7%
55.2%
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
AVA (cm2) 0.67 0.72 0.6 0.6 0.42 0.38 0.63 0.65 NA NA NA NA NA NA

A, not available; AVA aortic valve area, CAD coronary artery disease, COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CVA/TIA, cerebrovascular accident/transient ischemic attack; EF ejection fraction, GA, general anesthesia; MAC, monitored anesthesia care; STS, Society of Thoracic Surgeons score; *significant. **No statistically significant difference according to authors, numbers not available.