Table 3.

Main demographic and clinical characteristics of 30 patients

Demographic characteristics
Number of patients	30
Average age, years (range)	55.4 (30–77)
Sex ratio (M/F)	1.0 (15/15)
Surgical characteristics
Type of surgery:
ASD	2 (6.7%)
AVR	5 (16.6%)
DVR	2 (6.7%)
MVR	21 (70.0%)
Duration of surgery (min)	250 (38–420)
Duration of CPB (min)	113 (50–235)

M/F male/female, ASD atrial septal defect, AVR aortic valve replacement, DVR double valve replacement, MVR mitral valve replacement, CPB cardiopulmonary bypass