Table 2.

Short term post-operative morbidity and mortality.

Post-operative variables	Male 1664 (85%)	Female 306 (15%)	P
Deep sternal wound infection	2 (0.1)	0	0.544
Sepsis	9 (0.5)	7 (2.3)	0.002
Stroke	3 (0.2)	1 (0.3)	0.601
Atrial fibrillation	190 (11.4)	36 (11.8)	0.861
Reopening	40 (2.4)	6 (2.0)	0.837
Mortality	10 (0.6)	12 (3.9)	<0.001