Table 3.

patient demographics for each pathologies

	Rheumatic	Degenerative	IE	DCM	Ischemic	SVD	ANOVA
	(27)	(12)	(6)	(20)	(7)		p
Age	70.4 (9.4)	71.3 (15.8)	62.0 (20.0)	66.2 (11.0)	71.4 (4.3)	58.3 (22.8)	n.s.
F/M	17/10	6/6	1/5	13/7	1/6	3/0
Preop.
NYHA	2.2	2.5	3.0	2.85	3.4	2.7	n.s.
LVEF	61.1 (13.4)a,b	64.4 (16.1)c,d	62.0 (20.0)	34.9 (11.0)a,c	36.2 (18.0)b,d	67.9 (11.8)	<0.001

a, b, c, d p<0.05 by Tukey–Kramer honestly significant difference test

DCM, Dilated Cardiomyopathy; IE, Infective Endocarditis; SVD, Structural Degeneration; PMR Papillary Muscle Rupture; ANOVA. Analysis of Variance; NYHA, New York Heart Association Class; LVEF, Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction