Table 3.
Clinical characteristics of patients with and without reoperation
| Patients without reoperation (n=567) |
Patients with reoperation (n=45) |
P values | |
| Median age (range) | 72.6 (27–89) | 56.7 (24–79) | 0.0001 |
| Valve position, n (%) | |||
| Aortic | 335 (59.1) | 29 (64.4) | |
| Mitralic | 157 (27.7) | 14 (31.1) | |
| Both | 75 (13.2) | 2 (4.5) | 0.2 |
| Comorbidity, n (%) | |||
| Hypertension | 402 (70.9) | 36 (80.0) | 0.4 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 110 (19.4) | 11 (24.4) | 0.6 |
| Coronary artery disease | 131 (23.1) | 13 (28.9) | 0.5 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 450 (79.4) | 30 (66.7) | 0.05 |
| Previous stroke/TIA | 69 (12.2) | 8 (17.8) | 0.3 |
| Heart failure | 113 (19.9) | 11 (24.4) | 0.7 |
| eGFR <30 mL/min | 12/273 (4.4) | 1/26 (3.8) | 1.0 |
| Smoking habitus | 118 (20.8) | 12 (26.7) | 0.4 |
| Antiplatelet treatment | 185 (32.6) | 10 (22.2) | 0.2 |
eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; TIA, transient ischaemic attack.