Surgical Challenges in Multi-Vessel Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Table 3
Patients’ profiles with (group A) and without surgical challenges (group B).
Group A n = 38
Group B n = 80
value
Female, n (%)
7 (18.4)
3 (3.8)
0.007
Age (y, mean ± SD)
62.82 ± 10.00
60.01 ± 8.30
0.112
Height (cm, mean ± SD)
168.92 ± 6.22
171.08 ± 6.27
0.083
Body weight (kg, mean ± SD)
73.16 ± 9.85
72.53 ± 10.24
0.751
BMI (kg/m2, mean ± SD)
25.74 ± 3.10
24.51 ± 3.95
0.095
Ejection fraction (%, mean ± SD)
61.76 ± 6.32
61.01 ± 5.51
0.533
LVEDD (mm, mean ± SD)
47.76 ± 4.00
48.69 ± 4.72
0.299
Diameter of LITA (cm, mean ± SD)
0.21 ± 0.03
0.21 ± 0.26
0.997
Velocity of LITA (cm/s, mean ± SD)
77.63 ± 21.25
75.05 ± 19.57
0.516
Smoking history, n (%)
14 (36.8)
39 (48.8)
0.224
COPD, n (%)
3 (7.9)
8 (10.0)
0.713
CT results of any brain infarction, n (%)
12 (31.6)
22 (27.5)
0.648
Diabetes mellitus, n (%)
16 (40.0)
33 (41.2)
0.930
Hypertension, n (%)
25 (65.8)
41 (41.3)
0.137
BMI, body mass index. LVEDD, left ventricular end diastolic diameter. LITA, left internal thoracic artery. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
