Baseline variable patients with isolated AV surgery
| Characteristics | Total AV cohort (n=8717) n (%) | Male (n=4888, 56%) n (%) | Female (n=3829, 44%) n (%) | P values |
| Age | 68.5±11.8 (18–94) | 66.2±12.0 (18–93) | 71.4±10.9 (19–94) | < 0.001 |
| Chronic lung disease | 1209 (13.9) | 707 (14.5) | 502 (13.1) | 0.074 |
| Extracardiac arteriopathy | 699 (8.0) | 443 (9.7) | 256 (6.7) | < 0.001 |
| Neurological dysfunction | 244 (2.8) | 142 (2.9) | 102 (2.7) | 0.498 |
| Prior cardiac surgery | 867 (9.9) | 603 (12.3) | 264 (6.9) | < 0.001 |
| Serum creatinine (>200 μm/L) | 149 (1.7) | 111 (2.3) | 38 (1.0) | < 0.001 |
| Active endocarditis | 354 (4.1) | 290 (5.9) | 64 (1.7) | < 0.001 |
| Critical preoperative state | 181 (2.1) | 122 (2.5) | 59 (1.5) | 0.002 |
| Unstable angina | 18 (0.2) | 15 (0.3) | 3 (0.1) | 0.020 |
| LV function | ||||
| Good | 7284 (83.6) | 3918 (80.2) | 3366 (87.9) | |
| Moderate | 1160 (13.3) | 760 (15.5) | 400 (10.4) | |
| Poor | 268 (3.1) | 207 (4.2) | 61 (1.6) | |
| Recent myocardial infarction | 108 (1.2) | 67 (1.4) | 41 (1.1) | 0.209 |
| Pulmonary hypertension | 256 (2.9) | 142 (2.9) | 114 (3.0) | 0.843 |
| Emergent surgery | 214 (2.5) | 156 (3.2) | 58 (1.5) | < 0.001 |
| Surgery on thoracic aorta | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Postinfarct septal rupture | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Prior PCI | 363 (4.2) | 231 (4.7) | 132 (3.4) | 0.002 |
| Prior CABG | 377 (4.3) | 283 (5.8) | 94 (2.5) | < 0.001 |
| Prior valve surgery | 372 (4.3) | 237 (4.8) | 135 (3.5) | 0.002 |
| Prior aorta surgery | 41 (0.5) | 237 (4.8) | 135 (3.5) | 0.197 |
| Prior other cardiac surgery | 232 (2.7) | 121 (2.5) | 111 (2.9) | 0.247 |
Significant values are depicted in bold.
AV, aortic valve; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; LV, left ventricular; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention.