Normalization of the right heart and the preoperative factors that influence the emergence PAH after surgical closure of atrial septal defect

Table 1 Characteristics of data between male and female before surgery (N = 45 subjects)

Variables	Male (n = 12)	Female (n = 33)	p
Age (years)	33.45 ± 9.89	34.68 ± 9.90	0.753
BMI (kg/m²)	18.09 ± 2.98	19.60 ± 4.21	0.239
LA Dimension (mm)	35.81 ± 7.93	33.03 ± 7.58	0.425
RA Dimension (mm)*	47 (43–64)	47 (41–65)	0.198
RV Dimension (mm)	48.81 ± 9.43	43.50 ± 7.24	0.062
EF (%)	68.36 ± 8.27	69.24 ± 7.64	0.326
mPAP (mmHg)	28.76 ± 16.98	28.62 ± 11.66	0.985
RA Pressure (mmHg)*	8 (3–15)	8 (3–15)	0.809
TRV (m/s)	2.91 ± 0.89	3.07 ± 0.94	0.598
TAPSE (mm)	25.72 ± 6.46	27.71 ± 5.14	0.144
PAH	7 (58.3)	23 (69.7)	0.496

*=non parametric; BMI = Body Mass Index; mPAP = Mean Pulmonary Arterial Pressure; EF = Ejection Fraction; RA = Right Atrium; RV = Right Ventricle; TRV = Tricuspid Regurgitation Velocity; TAPSE = Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion; LA = Left Atrium; PAH = Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

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