|
Diameter of the ascending aorta (mm)
|
30 ± 4.2
|
31.2 ± 7
|
0.1
|
|
Diameter of the left atrium (mm)
|
45.4 ± 9.4
|
44.5 ± 7
|
0.51
|
|
End-diastolic right ventricle diameter (mm)
|
22 ± 8
|
23 ± 6
|
0.39
|
|
End-diastolic LV diameter (mm)
|
46.6 ± 6
|
47 ± 9
|
0.69
|
|
End-systolic LV diameter (mm)
|
28 ± 6.7
|
28.6 ± 6
|
0.55
|
|
End-diastolic IVS thickness (mm)
|
12 ± 1.6a
|
12.2 ± 2.3a
|
0.45
|
|
End-systolic IVS thickness (mm)
|
17.4 ± 5
|
17.6 ± 4.6
|
0.79
|
|
End-diastolic LV PW thickness (mm)
|
11.5 ± 1.5a
|
11.3 ± 2.7
|
0.45
|
|
End-systolic LV PW thickness (mm)
|
16.4 ± 6a
|
16 ± 4a
|
0.86
|
|
Shortening Fraction (%)
|
40.5 ± 9.8
|
43 ± 11
|
0.1
|
|
End-diastolic LV volume (ml)
|
85 ± 28.7
|
91 ± 27
|
0.16
|
|
End-systolic LV volume (ml)
|
37.5 ± 18.3
|
40 ± 17
|
0.36
|
|
Indexed end-diastolic LV volume (ml/mq)
|
50 ± 15
|
53 ± 17
|
0.2
|
|
Indexed end-systolic LV volume (ml/mq)
|
21.7 ± 9.7
|
23.4 ± 11
|
0.26
|
|
Left ventricular ejection fraction (%)
|
56.4 ± 10.7
|
55 ± 12
|
0.4
|
|
VmaxE (cm/s)
|
126 ± 44
|
122 ± 37
|
0.54
|
|
VmaxA(cm/s)
|
118.4 ± 29.5
|
123 ± 33
|
0.31
|
|
Mitral valve regurgitation grade
|
1.64 ± 0.53a
|
1.5 ± 0.8a
|
0.11
|
|
Peak pulmonary artery pressure (mmHg)
|
43 ± 12.8a
|
40 ± 14a
|
0.13
|
|
Left ventricular mass (gm)
|
199 ± 38a
|
207 ± 61a
|
0.22
|
|
Left ventricular mass index (gm/m2)
|
119 ± 22.5a
|
122 ± 22a
|
0.37
|
|
Left ventricular mass index reduction (gm/m2)
|
44.1 ± 30
|
46.4 ± 26
|
0.60
|
|
Peak transvalvular gradient (mmHg)
|
28.3 ± 11a
|
31 ± 12a
|
0.11
|
|
Mean transvalvular gradient (mmHg)
|
15.7 ± 6.5a
|
17 ± 7a
|
0.19
|
|
Aortic valve regurgitation grade
|
1.1 ± 0.3
|
1.2 ± 0.9
|
0.15
|
|
Peak trans tricuspid valve gradient
|
34 ± 11.4
|
32 ± 13
|
0.26
|
|
Effective orifice area
|
1.35 ± 0.14
|
1.33 ± 0.2
|
0.38
|
|
Indexed effective orifice area (cm2/m2)
|
0.81 ± 0.12
|
0.79 ± 0.1
|
0.26
|
|
Indexed orifice area < 0.75 cm2/m2
|
110 (43.8 %)
|
24 (44.4 %)
|
0.95
|
|
Indexed orifice area ≤ 0.65 cm2/m2
|
19 (7.5 %)
|
3 (5.6 %)
|
0.82
|
|
Doppler Velocity Index
|
0.5 ± 0.15
|
0.48 ± 0.2
|
0.41
|
|
Mitral valve area (cm2)
|
3.7 ± 6.3
|
3.5 ± 4.2
|
0.83
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