Table 1

Preoperative Patient Characteristics

Variable
N = 15

Gender: male (%)
80 (12)
Age (yrs)*
61.3 ± 12.2
BMI (Kg/m2)*
26.8 ± 4.6
3 VD (%)
80 (12)


Art. Hypertension (%)
60 (9)
NIDDM/IDDM (%)
33 (5)
Dyslipidemia (%)
73 (11)
Smoking history (%)
60 (9)
COPD (%)
7 (1)
Family history (%)
47 (7)


Preoperative MI (<3 mts) (%)
40 (6)
Ejection fraction [%]*
62.3 ± 7.8
Euroscore*
3.0 ± 3.4

*Values are mean ± SD

Values in brackets are the number of patients

Bernet et al. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2006 1:12   doi:10.1186/1749-8090-1-12