Table 1.

Baseline characteristics

Baseline characteristics	Group 1: Suture (n=119)	Group 2: Staple (n=107)	P-value
Age (mean ± SD)	64.43±13.19	64.99±13.35	0.904
Male (%)	81 (68.1%)	70 (65.4%)	0.673
BMI (mean ± SD)	27.13±2.84	27.27±2.18	0.102
Coronary artery disease	62 (52.1%)	63 (58.9%)	0.300
Ischemic cardiomyopathy	47 (39.5%)	48 (44.9%)	0.417
Dilated cardiomyopathy	48 (40.3%)	27 (25.2%)	0.018
Hypertensive heart disease	14 (11.8%)	20 (18.7%)	0.143
Diabetes	70 (58.8%)	49 (41.2%)	0.200
Hypertension	55 (46.2%)	41 (38.3%)	0.238
CKD	36 (30.3%)	26 (24.3%)	0.315
Smoking	45 (37.8%)	46 (43%)	0.421
Ejection fraction (%)	37.10±10.70	38.50±12.17	0.143
Aspirin	42 (35.3%)	54 (50.5%)	0.029
Clopidogrel	36 (30.3%)	34 (31.8%)	0.806
Aspirin plus clopidogrel	24 (20.2%)	33 (30.8%)	0.061
Warfarin	13 (10.9%)	8 (7.5%)	0.378
Rivaroxaban	10 (8.4%)	18 (16.8%)	0.053
Triple anticoagulation	3 (2.5%)	5 (4.7%)	0.381

SD - standard deviation; CKD - chronic kidney disease