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

Table 3 Comparison of the variables before and after ASD closure

Variables	Before	After	p	95%CI	Mean Differences
RA Dimension (mm)	48.84 ± 6.23	36.96 ± 6.03	0.000**	9.77–13.99	11.87 ± 7.01
RV Dimension (mm)	44.89 ± 8.11	34.80 ± 5.50	0.000**	7.71–12.46	10.09 ± 7.91
LA Dimension (mm)	34.13 ± 7.26	32.75 ± 6.75	0.184	−0.677-3.43	1.37 ± 6.84
TRV (m/s)	2.95 ± 0.98	2.23 ± 0.60	0.000**	0.40–1.04	0.72 ± 0.89
TAPSE (mm)	27.13 ± 5.42	14.46 ± 4.39	0.000**	10.69–14.64	12.66 ± 6.57
mPAP (mmHg)*	31.52 (5.65–52.45)	27.20 (2.50–51.00)	0.101
RA Pressure (mmHg)*	8.00 (3.00–15.00)	3.00 (3.00–15.00)	0.403
EF (%) *	69.50 (49.00–85.00)	69.00 (56.00–79.00)	0.404

* = non parametric; ** = Significant Difference; 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

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