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Table 1 Patient characteristics and clinical data

From: Analysis of difficulty in placement of pulmonary artery catheter through the left internal jugular vein

 

Group R (N = 285)

Group L (N = 10)

P value

Age (year)

68.5 ± 11.6

74.8 ± 6.3

0.083

Sex/men (%)

187 (65.6)

8 (80)

0.503

Height (cm)

161.7 ± 10.7

159.6 ± 5.8

0.302

Weight (kg)

61.3 ± 12.4

58.7 ± 23.3

0.084

Body mass index (kg/m2)

23.3 ± 3.4

22.7 ± 7.2

0.140

Ejection fraction (%)

62.2 ± 13.8

51.2 ± 19.7

0.135

Cardiothoracic ratio (%)

52.5 ± 6.9

53.0 ± 5.8

0.710

Tricuspid regurgitation (degree)

1 (0 - 1.3)

2 (1 - 2)

0.131

Atrial fibrillation (%)

33 (11.6)

2 (20)

0.337

PM/CRTD implantation (%)

11 (3.9)

2 (20)

0.066

Redo cardiac surgery (%)

28 (9.8)

1 (10)

0.999

Emergent surgery (%)

21 (7.4)

3 (30)

0.039

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± SD, median (interquartile range), or the number of patients (%)
  2. Group R right internal, group L left internal jugular vein, PM pacemaker, CRTD cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator