Baseline characteristics of the whole study group are presented in Table 1. Median patient age was 66.5 (IQR 57.8–73.8) years and the majority of patients were male. The repair and procedure details are presented in Table 2. A full ring was used in all patients; the majority of patients (n = 456; 94.2%) underwent either a Physio I (n = 223; 46.1%) or Physio II (n = 233; 48.1%) ring (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA, USA) implantation. In 42 (8.7%) patients, a ring size 30 or smaller was implanted.