Table 1.

Baseline patient characteristics

Parameter	Benign (n = 102)	Malignant (n = 11)	P value
Age	58.9 ± 16.4	48.8 ± 18.7	0.059
Female gender	66 (64.7)	5 (45.5)	0.209
Urgent intervention	22 (21.6)	10 (90.9)	<0.01
Coronary artery disease	8 (7.8)	0 (0.0)	0.335
Valvular heart disease	12 (11.8)	0 (0.0)	0.229
Congenital heart disease	0 (0.0)	1 (9.1)	0.742
Thromboembolic disease	3 (2.9)	0 (0.0)	0.564

Data presented as mean ± standard deviation, n (%) or mean (range).