Operative data
Patch augmentation was performed in 165 (95%) patients, 20 (%11) of these patients had coarcted segment resection/posterior end-to-end anastomosis and anterior patch augmentation. Only eight (5%) underwent resection/extended end-to-end anastomosis. The median ACP-CP time was 45 minutes (IQR 36–56 min), the median CA time was 46 minutes (IQR 25–73 min), and the median descending aortic clamp time was 45 minutes (IQR 40–57 min). As expected, the ascending aortic clamp time was longer in the CA group (median 35 vs 61 min, P  = < 0.001), but there was no statistically significant difference between the groups in terms of cardiopulmonary bypass time and descending aortic clamp time (P  = 0.32 and 0.75, respectively) (Table 2).