Fig. 2From: Acute changes of global and longitudinal right ventricular function: an exploratory analysis in patients undergoing open-chest mitral valve surgery, percutaneous mitral valve repair and off-pump coronary artery bypass graftingResults of gobal and longitudinal right ventricular function analysis. Global and longitudinal right ventricular function of mitral valve surgery patients, percutaneous mitral valve repair patients and off-pump coronary artery bypass patients initially before (pre) and after (post) the procedure. FWLS = free wall longitudinal strain, RVEF = right ventricular ejection fraction, RVEFlong = longitudinal contribution to right ventricular ejection fraction, TAPSE = tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion. * = p < 0.05, ** = p < 0.01, ** = p < 0.01, *** = p < 0.001 (paired Student’s t-test)Back to article page