Table 2.

Characteristics of patients undergoing valve prosthesis reimplantation

n (%)	46 (7.5)
Median age (range)	59.9 (24–79)
Male, n (%)	24 (52.2)
Median time interval to reimplant (months)	84 (1–312)
Site of first implantation, n (%)
Aortic	30 (65.2)
Mitral	14 (30.4)
Mitroaortic	2 (4.3)
Median time interval to reoperation (months)	84 (1–312)
Cause of reoperation, n (%)
Infection	11 (23.9)
Prosthetic valve deterioration	35 (76.1)
Median time interval to reimplant, months (range)
Due to infection	14 (2–72)
Due to valve deterioration	114 (1–312)
Median age of patients, years (range)
With infections	69.8 (31–78)
With structural valve deterioration	55.8 (24–79)