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Table 6 Follow-up echocardiographic and clinical examinations

From: Surgery of secondary mitral insufficiency in patients with impaired left ventricular function

Variable

preoperative

n = 18

postoperative

n = 18

p Value

LVEDD (mm)

64 ± 5

60 ± 7

0.062

LVEDV (ml)

185 ± 37

166 ± 61

0.298

LVEDP (mmHg)

25 ± 6

19 ± 5

0.122

EF (%)

29 ± 4

39 ± 16

0.038

PAs (mmHg)

58 ± 13

41 ± 9

0.001

PCWP (mmHg)

26 ± 6

17 ± 5

0.007

Mitral regurgitation (grade)*

3.3 ± 0.4

1.5 ± 0.4

0.001

Cardiac index (L/min/m2)

2.1 ± 0.3

2.4 ± 0.5

0.195

NYHA

3.2 ± 0.5

2.2 ± 0.4

0.001

  1. Data presented as mean ± SD
  2. *Only in patients with mitral valve repair (n = 13).
  3. LVEDD = left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVEDV = left ventricular end-diastolic volume; LVEDP = left ventricular end-diastolic pressure; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction; PAs = systolic pulmonary artery pressure;. PCWP = pulmonary capillary wedge pressure; NYHA = New York Heart Association:
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

ISSN: 1749-8090

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