Table 1 Preoperative characteristics.
From: Surgical treatment of valve endocarditis in high-risk patients and predictors of long-term outcomes
Variables | Total | %/± | Dead | % Dead | Alive | % Alive | p-value univariate Log regression |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, years | 63.78 | 13.46 | 68.8 | 9.8 | 63.34 | 13.68 | 0.2267 |
Male sex | 73 | 59.35 | 4 | 5% | 69 | 95% | 0.2 |
Female sex | 50 | 40.65 | 6 | 12% | 44 | 88% | 0.2 |
Tricuspid valve disease | 8 | 6.5 | 1 | 13% | 7 | 88% | 0.64 |
Aortic valve disease | 89 | 72.36 | 9 | 10% | 80 | 90% | 0.22 |
Mitral valve disease | 51 | 41.46 | 6 | 12% | 45 | 88% | 0.22 |
Diabetes | 18 | 14.63 | 2 | 11% | 16 | 89% | 0.62 |
NIDDM | 14 | 11.38 | 2 | 14% | 12 | 86% | 0.38 |
Diabetes diet | 3 | 2.44 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 100% | 1 |
IDDM | 1 | 0.81 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 100% | 1 |
Hypercholesterolemia | 62 | 50.41 | 5 | 8% | 57 | 92% | 0.98 |
Hypertension | 99 | 80.49 | 7 | 7% | 92 | 93% | 0.39 |
Ex smoker | 19 | 15.45 | 2 | 11% | 17 | 89% | 0.68 |
Current smoker | 17 | 13.82 | 1 | 6% | 16 | 94% | 0.72 |
Gastrointestinal disease | 10 | 8.13 | 0 | 0% | 10 | 100% | 1 |
Renal dysfunction | 10 | 8.13 | 3 | 30% | 7 | 70% | 0.02 |
Dialysis | 2 | 1.63 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 100% | 1 |
Respiratory disease | 10 | 8.13 | 0 | 0% | 10 | 100% | 1 |
Cerebro-vascular disease | 7 | 5.69 | 0 | 0% | 7 | 100% | 1 |
Liver disease | 53 | 43.09 | 0 | 0% | 53 | 100% | 1 |
Cancer | 2 | 1.63 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 50% | 0.08 |
Neurologic dysfunction | 3 | 2.44 | 1 | 33% | 2 | 67% | 0.15 |
Peripheral artery disease | 2 | 1.63 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 100% | 1 |
Atrial fibrillation/flutter | 23 | 18.7 | 2 | 9% | 21 | 91% | 0.91 |
Pacemaker | 3 | 2.44 | 1 | 33% | 2 | 67% | 0.15 |
REDO (re-AVR) | 15 | 12.2 | 4 | 27% | 11 | 73% | 0.01 |
REDO (re-MVR) | 3 | 2.44 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 100% | 1 |
EuroSCORE | 8.86 | 4.23 | 14.1 | 3.35 | 8.4 | 3.99 | 0.0006 |
Log EuroSCORE | 0.18 | 0.2 | 0.45 | 0.23 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0,0049 |
EuroSCORE II | 14.42 | 19.09 | 47.39 | 22.91 | 11.08 | 15.21 | 0.0007 |
