Procedural and clinical variables
| Percutaneous pulmonary valve replacement (n=20) | Open heart surgery pulmonary valve replacement (n=14) | P values | |
| Preoperative and postoperative variables | |||
| Vascular access route | |||
| Transfemoral | 16 (80) | ||
| Transjugular | 4 (12) | ||
| Procedural time (h) | 3.05±0.69 | 2.79±0.70 | |
| Postoperative respirator time (min) | 0 (0–0) | 240 (65–1005) | |
| Length of stay (h) | 58±27 | 243±78 | <0.001 |
| Postoperative bleeding (mL)1 | 0 (0–0) | 650 (285–3840) | |
| Postoperative transfusion (mL)2 | 0 (0–0) | 550 (0–7690) | |
| Stent fractures within 1 year postoperatively | 0 | ||
| Endocarditis within 1 year postoperatively | 0 | 0 | |
| Pacemaker within the same hospital stay | 0 | 1 | |
| ICD within the same hospital stay | 0 | 1 | |
| Reinterventions | 0 | 1 | |
Data are presented as n, n (%), mean±SD or median (range).
1 Day 1 postoperatively.
2 Transfusions given day 1 postoperatively: erythrocyte concentrate (SAG), fresh frozen plasma (Octaplas), thrombocytes, blood from the heart and lung machine.
ICD, implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
Bold numbers are statistical significant values.