Preoperative SR (n=2360) Preoperative AF (n=268)
P Value
Age, years 71±11 77±7 <0.001
Female 1126 (47.7) 113 (42.2) 0.093
Body Mass Index (kg/m2) 28.6±5.6 28.7±5.7 0.808
AVR prosthesis type
Biological 2052 (86.9) 248 (92.5) 0.008
Mechanical 308 (13.1) 20 (7.5)
AVR bypass time, min 74±26 73±25 0.795
AVR aortic clamp time, min 54±17 53±16 0.360
Aortic valve pathology
Aortic stenosis 2237 (94.8) 259 (96.6) 0.237
Aortic regurgitation 123 (5.2) 9 (3.4)
Hypertension 1396 (59.2) 202 (75.4) <0.001
Diabetes mellitus 402 (17.0) 60 (22.4) 0.034
Preoperative serum creatinine (µmol/L) 92±35 105±43 <0.001
Chronic pulmonary disease 425 (18.0) 61 (22.8) 0.067
Peripheral vascular disease 150 (6.4) 33 (12.3) <0.001
Current smoker 125 (5.3) 10 (3.7) 0.309
Cerebral vascular accident 63 (2.7) 13 (4.9) 0.053
Previous myocardial infarction 143 (6.1) 27 (10.1) 0.017
Poor left ventricular function (EF <30%) * 121 (5.1) 38 (14.2) <0.001
Reoperation for any reason † 33 (1.4) 6 (2.2) 0.281
Pacemaker placement during index admission 61 (2.6) 11 (4.1) 0.164
EuroSCORE I 6.3±2.4 7.9±2.4 <0.001
Logistic EuroSCORE 7.4±6.7 11.9±9.5 <0.001