Table 3. Operative characteristics.

Variable	N=123
Femoral artery cannulation	107 (87%)
Axillary artery cannulation	6 (4.9%)
Central cannulation	10 (8.1%)
Aortic cross-clamp time (minutes, median, IQR)	81 [70-97]
Cardiopulmonary bypass time (minutes, median, IQR)	109 [92-131]
Patients requiring intra-operative packed red blood cells transfusion	56 (45.5%)
Intra-operative packed red blood cells (units, median, IQR)	1 [0-2]
Conversion to median sternotomy	1 (0.8%)

IQR, interquartile range.