TABLE 1
Preoperative Clinical Characteristics
Parameter
Value
Patients (
n
)
12
Sex (M/F)
10/2
Age
*
(y)
56.2 ± 9.0
LVEDD
*
(cm)
8.2 ± 0.8
LVESD
*
(cm)
6.7 ± 0.9
Mitral insufficiency
*
(grade)
2.3 ± 0.5
Cardiac index
*
(L/min/m
2
)
2.0 ± 0.2
VO
2
max
*
(mL/kg/min)
10.6 ± 2.1
NYHA functional class
*
3.2 ± 0.3
↵
*
Mean ± SD.