Table 3.

Propensity matched comparison of all-cause mortality in replacement versus repair

	Coefficient	95% CI	P value
Replacement versus repair*	0.1176	0.04–0.19	0.002

Statistical significance (p < 0.05) was denoted by bolded value

^*Matched for all baseline demographic characteristics in Table 1 except Logistic EuroSCORE to avoid the effects of collinearity, including age, gender, BMI, CCS status, NYHA status, previous cardiac surgery, diabetes, hypertension, current smoker, history of dialysis, respiratory disease, stroke/TIA, extra cardiac arteriopathy, non-sinus rhythm on admission, LVEF, urgency, and active endocarditis