posted on 2014-10-07, 03:19authored byGabor Erdoes, Christoph Huber, Reto Basciani, Stefan Stortecky, Stephan Windecker, Peter Wenaweser, Thierry Carrel, Balthasar Eberle
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; NYHA class, New York Health Association class of the severity of heart failure; STS score, Society of Thoracic Surgeons risk score of perioperative mortality and morbidity; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale.
Values are presented as median (Q1; Q3) and n (%).
*significant difference (Mann-Whitney Rank Sum Test).