Preoperative factors
The mean age (in years) of the study population was 29.68 ± 12.37 for
Group 1 and 28.57 ± 11.29 for Group 2. In Group 1, 10 (45.4%) patients
were male, and 12 (55.6%) patients were female; in Group 2, 11 (50.0%)
patients were male, and 11 (50.0%) patients were female. No
statistically significant (p > 0.05) differences in
patient characteristics such as ejection fraction, LA diameter,
pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) and atrial fibrillation was
found between these two groups.
Table I. Distribution of patients in both groups based on preoperative
patient characteristics