Minimally Invasive Approach versus Sternotomy for Bentall Procedure: A Single-Center Experience
Table 1
Preoperative characteristics.
Items
RAT-Bentall (n = 13)
C-Bentall (n = 43)
value
Gender (male/female)
10/3
33/10
1.000
Age (years)
55.31 ± 11.42
55.35 ± 12.74
0.992
BMI (kg/m2)
23.28 ± 3.44
24.20 ± 3.23
0.378
LVEF (%)
58.62 ± 9.95
58.40 ± 11.58
0.951
Aortic sinus (mm)
37.46 ± 10.00
41.65 ± 12.64
0.279
Ascending aortic diameter (mm)
53.62 ± 11.15
52.42 ± 10.00
0.733
LVEDD (mm)
53.08 ± 11.49
53.16 ± 12.55
0.983
LVESD (mm)
36.62 ± 10.54
36.95 ± 12.27
0.929
NYHA class II/III
4/9
18/25
0.473
Marfan’s syndrome (n, %)
2 (15.4%)
4 (9.3%)
0.615
Bicuspid aortic valve malformation (n, %)
3 (23.1%)
5 (11.6%)
0.370
AF (n, %)
0 (0.0%)
2 (4.7%)
1.000
Stroke (n, %)
0 (0.0%)
1 (2.3%)
1.000
Diabetes (n, %)
3 (23.1%)
7 (16.2%)
0.682
Hypertension (n, %)
5 (38.5%)
12 (27.9%)
0.504
BMI, body mass index; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LVEDD, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVEDS, left ventricular end-systolic diameter; AF, atrial fibrillation; RAT-Bentall, right anterior chest minimally invasive; Bentall, conventional sternotomy. Values were expressed as the mean ± SD, n (%), or n1/n2.
