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.