Minimally Invasive Approach versus Sternotomy for Bentall Procedure: A Single-Center Experience

Table 3

Patient echocardiographic data 6 months after discharge.

Items	RAT-Bentall (n = 12)	C-Bentall (n = 40)	value
Gender (male/female)	9/3	30/10	1.000
LVEF (%)	61.25 ± 7.66	56.85 ± 11.11	0.121
Aortic sinus (mm)	33.66 ± 3.60	33.38 ± 5.06	0.854
Ascending aortic diameter (mm)	27.41 ± 2.91	28.45 ± 3.43	0.350
LVEDD (mm)	43.17 ± 6.77	47.45 ± 9.27	0.145
LVESD (mm)	29.17 ± 6.56	34.40 ± 10.04	0.096

LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LVEDD, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVEDS, left ventricular end-systolic diameter; RAT-Bentall, right anterior chest minimally invasive; C-Bentall, conventional sternotomy. Values were expressed as the means ± SD or n1/n2.