Table 1. Disease characteristics, clinical presentation and intra-operative variables.
| Parameters | Total, n (%) | Femoral group, n (%) | Subclavian group, n (%) | p-value |
| Total number | 51 | 26 (100) | 25 (100) | |
| DeBaykey type I | 21 (41) | 12 (46) | 9 (36) | |
| DeBaykey type II | 30 (59) | 30 (59) | 16 (64) | |
| Age (mean ± SD) | 59.0 ± 14.0 | 60.9±13.7 | 57.0 ± 14.4 | 0.33 |
| Gender (male) | 38 (74) | 20 (77) | 18 (72) | 0.687 |
| Cerebral vascular accident | 1 (2) | 1 (4) | 0 (0) | 1.00 |
| Coronary artery disease | 8 (15) | 4 (15) | 4 (16) | 1.00 |
| Diabetes | 7 (13) | 4 (15) | 3 (12) | 1.00 |
| Hypertension | 42 (82) | 23 (88) | 19 (76) | 0.24 |
| PAOD | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 1 (4) | 0.98 |
| Congestive heart failure | 13 (25) | 8 (30) | 5 (20) | 0.37 |
| COPD | 6 (11) | 2 (7) | 4 (16) | 0.62 |
| Shock | 12 (23) | 7 (27) | 5 (20) | 0.56 |
| Haemopericardium | 14 (27) | 10 (38) | 4 (16) | 0.138 |
| Aortic regurgitation | 7 (13) | 6 (23) | 1 (4) | 0.11 |
| Cerebral ischaemia | 2 (4) | 2 (7) | 0 (0) | 0.48 |
| Respiratory failure | 11 (21) | 6 (23) | 5 (20) | 0.78 |
| Visceral ischaemia | 6 (12) | 3 (11) | 3 (12) | 0.95 |
| Renal ischaemia | 11 (21) | 6 (23) | 5 (20) | 0.78 |
| Limb ischaemia | 4 (8) | 2 (7) | 2 (8) | 0.96 |
| Operation time (h) | 7.13 ± 1.60 | 7.53 ± 1.72 | 6.72 ± 1.39 | 0.07 |
| Cardiopulmonary bypass time (min) | 184.9 ± 57.1 | 177.9 ± 62.1 | 192.2 ± 51.6 | 0.37 |
| Heart ischaemic time (min) | 95.9 ± 33.6 | 97.0 ± 34.5 | 94.8 ± 33.3 | 0.81 |
| Circulatory arrest time (min) | 32.2 ± 5.4 | 33.8 ± 5.1 | 30.6 ± 5.3 | 0.03 |
| Brain ischaemic time (min) | - | 33.8 ± 5.1 | 0 | 0.00 |
PAOD, peripheral arterial occlusion disease, COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.