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. 2020 Aug 11;7(2):e001339. doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2020-001339

Table 2.

Characteristics and outcome according to the type of surgery (mitral valve repair or replacement) and associated surgery (isolated or combined) (A) in the subset of patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation and (B) in the subset of patients with functional mitral regurgitation

Isolated mitral valve surgery Combined mitral valve surgery
Overall Repair Replacement P value Overall Repair Replacement P value
Degenerative mitral regurgitation
 Number of patients 5302 3810 1492 2291 1380 911
 Age 65±12 63±12 68±12 <0.0001 69±11 68±11 69±11 0.14
 Male gender 3193 (60) 2566 (67) 627 (42) <0.0001 1342 (59) 963 (70) 379 (42) <0.0001
 Charlson Comorbidity Index 0.71±1.24 0.60±1.13 1.00±1.43 <0.0001 1.09±1.53 1.01±1.45 1.22±1.64 0.006
 Charlson Comorbidity Index ≥2 841 (16) 494 (13) 347 (23) <0.0001 613 (27) 333 (24) 280 (31) 0.0005
 Public hospital 3196 (60) 2342 (61) 854 (57) 0.005 1552 (68) 960 (70) 592 (65) 0.02
 Length of stay, total 13±8 12±6 15±11 <0.0001 16±10 14±9 18±11 <0.0001
 Length of stay, intensive care unit 6±9 5±6 8±9 <0.0001 8±8 7±8 9±9 <0.0001
 In-hospital mortality 129 (2.4) 43 (1.1) 86 (5.8) <0.0001 129 (5.6) 42 (3.0) 87 (9.6) <0.0001
Functional mitral regurgitation
 Number of patients 1431 463 968 1504 678 826
 Age 66±12 65±12 67±12 0.0006 68±11 69±10 68±11 <0.05
 Male gender 741 (52) 314 (68) 427 (44) <0.0001 921 (61) 509 (75) 412 (50) <0.0001
 Charlson Comorbidity Index 1.70±1.98 1.59±1.79 1.75±2.06 0.29 2.31±2.28 2.37±2.19 2.26±2.34 0.09
 Charlson Comorbidity Index ≥2 612 (43) 184 (40) 428 (44) 0.11 831 (55) 396 (58) 435 (53) 0.03
 Public hospital 1152 (81) 587 (84) 765 (79) 0.04 1191 (79) 557 (82) 634 (77) 0.01
 Length of stay, total 18±15 13±8 20±17 <0.0001 20±16 17±14 21±17 <0.0001
 Length of stay, intensive care unit 9±13 5±5 11±15 <0.0001 10±13 5±12 12±14 <0.0001
 In-hospital mortality 79 (5.5) 10 (2.2) 69 (7.1) <0.0001 150 (9.8) 47 (6.9) 103 (12.5) 0.0004