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Table 3 Echocardiographic data at rest and under DSE at follow up.

From: Evaluation of 17-mm St. Jude Medical Regent prosthetic aortic heart valves by rest and dobutamine stress echocardiography

Variables

at rest

under peak stress

p-value

Effective Orifice Area (cm2)

1.14 ± 0.3

1.2 ± 0.4

NS

Indexed Effective Orifice Area (cm2/m2)

0.76 ± 0.20

0.75 ± 0.3

NS

Maximal velocity (m/sec)

2.6 ± 0.3

4.5 ± 0.5

<0.0001

Mean velocity (m/sec)

1.7 ± 0.2

2.9 ± 0.4

<0.0001

Maximal gradient (mmHg)

29.2 ± 7.1

83.4 ± 21.9

<0.0001

Mean gradient (mmHg)

16.6 ± 5.8

43.2 ± 12.7

<0.0001

Doppler Velocity Index

0.50 ± 0.1

0.48 ± 0.1

NS

VTI LVOT (cm)

32.1 ± 10.5

34.2 ± 7.7

NS

VTI transprosthetic (cm)

62.8 ± 13.7

72.5 ± 17.3

0.032

Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction

58.4 ± 8

68 ± 9.9

<0.008

Cardiac Output (L/min)

4.7 ± 1.6

8.2 ± 2

<0.0001

Heart rate (b/min)

64.5 ± 10

100.6 ± 28

<0.001

Systolic pressure (mmHg)

139 ± 23

152 ± 26

NS

Diastolic pressure (mmHg)

77 ± 10.6

77 ± 12.5

NS

Double Product

8978 ± 2184

15225 ± 5147

<0.0001

Left Ventricular Mass (g)

191 ± 23.8

NA

 

Indexed Left Ventricular Mass (g/m2)

114 ± 10.6

NA

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