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Table 2 Successful rate and the PAC placement time in each category

From: Pulmonary artery catheter placement in patients with a history of tricuspid ring annuloplasty, with pulmonary stenosis, and with the transvenous pacemaker leads: is it difficult?

 

N (success/failure)

Successful rate (%)

Placement time (s)

Tricuspid ring annuloplasty

4 (1/3)

25*

283*

Pulmonary artery stenosis

1 (1/0)

100

25

Transvenous pacemaker leads

16 (16/0)

100

28 (17 ~ 97)

Control

379 (374/5)

98.7

25 (17 ~ 50)

  1. Control means subjects without any factor abovementioned
  2. Placement time is given as median (interquartile range)
  3. *P < 0.05 vs control