Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Preoperative data
Age [years]	63.7
Female [number]	12
Coronary artery disease [number]	14
Atrial fibrillation [number]	8
Preoperative left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) [number]
≥40%	39
30-39%	2
≤30%	2
Etiology of mitral insufficiency
Degenerative [number]	39
Ischemic [number]	4