Cardioprotection of Electroacupuncture for Enhanced Recovery after Surgery on Patients Undergoing Heart Valve Replacement with Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Randomized Control Clinical Trial

Table 2

Characteristics and surgical details of study population.

	Control group	EA group	value
	Gender (male/female)				NS
Age in years			NS
Weight (kg)			NS
LVEF (%)			NS
Heart function degree (II/III)			NS
Rhythm of heart before surgery; (sinus/atrial fibrillation)			NS
Valve replacement			NS
Mitral valve	12	13
Aortic valve	2	3
valve	6	4
Anesthesia time (min)			NS
Operation time (min)			NS
CPB time (min)			NS
Aorta cross-clamp time (min)			NS
Total volume (ml)			NS
Anesthetic
Midazolam (mg)			NS
Vecuronium (mg)			NS
Sufentanil (μg)			0.002
Propofol (mg)			NS

LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction. and aortic. CPB = cardiopulmonary bypass time. NS = no significant.