Table 3.

Operative characteristics

Characteristic	Group; no. (%) or mean ± SD			p value
	Total (n = 75)	Supracoronary graft (n = 54)	Root procedure (n = 21)
Femoral cannulation	38 (50.7)	30 (55.6)	8 (38.1)	0.18
Axillary cannulation	16 (21.3)	12 (22.2)	4 (19.0)	0.76
Femoral and axillary cannulation	13 (17.3)	8 (14.8)	5 (23.8)	0.36
Total operative duration	494.6 ± 162.3	457.5 ± 129.9	611.6 ± 197.8	< 0.001
Cardiopulmonary bypass time, min	229.2 ± 100.8	198.4 ± 80.0	316.5 ± 102.5	< 0.001
Aortic cross-clamp time, min	118.8 ± 60.2	91.6 ± 34.9	191.3 ± 52.8	< 0.001
Lowest core temperature, °C	21.7 ± 4.4	21.9 ± 4.7	21.0 ± 3.2	0.42

SD = standard deviation.