The Course of Circulating Small Extracellular Vesicles in Patients Undergoing Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement
Table 1
Patients’ characteristics of the study cohort before SAVR.
or (%)
135
Age (years)
Male
82 (61)
Weight (kg)
BMI
NYHA classification
I
18 (13)
II
43 (32)
III
67 (50)
IV
7 (5)
Cardiac decompensation
10 (7.4)
Syncopation
13 (10)
Hemorrhage
2 (1.5)
HTN
110 (81)
Pulmonary hypertension
21 (16)
Diabetes mellitus type 2
34 (25)
Cardiac arrhythmia
28 (21)
Dyslipidemia
58 (43)
Liver disease
4 (2.9)
Lung disease
19 (14)
GFR
<30 mL/min
1 (1)
30–60 mL/min
36 (27)
>60 mL/min
98 (72)
Bicuspid aortic valve
18 (13)
ES II
STS score
BMI: body mass index; NYHA: New York Heart Association; CAD: coronary artery disease; HTN: hypertension; GFR: glomerular filtration rate; ES: Euroscore; STS: Society of Thoracic Surgeons.