Table 6.
Patients having postoperative thrombocytopenia | Perimount Magna valve | Perceval valve | P value |
---|---|---|---|
Moderate thrombocytopenia: <100 x 109 | N=26 (26%) | N=34 (41%) | 0.008 |
Severe thrombocytopenia: <50 x 109 | __ | N=5 (6%) | |
Patients whose platelet level returned to preoperative level following surgery/did not return to preoperative | Perimount Magna valve N=44/57 (44/56%) |
Perceval valve N=20/56 (26/74%) |
0.018 |