Postoperative Echocardiographic Reduction of Right Ventricular Function: Is Pericardial Opening Modality the Main Culprit?

Table 2

Intraoperative groups’ characteristics.

	Group A ( = 17)	Group B ( = 17)	value
CPB time (min)			0.07
Cross-clamp time (min)			0.08
Complete prosthetic semirigid ring	3	2	0.32
Incomplete band	14	15	0.38
Annular plication	1	0	0.41
Quadrangular resection	6	7	0.42
Triangular resection	9	9
Sliding plasty	13	17	0.09
Artificial chordae positioning	2	0	0.18
Papillary muscle placation	1	0	0.39

CPB: cardiopulmonary bypass.