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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Acute regional improvement of myocardial function after interventional transfemoral aortic valve replacement in aortic stenosis: A speckle tracking echocardiography study

Age (years)

80.9 (67 - 92)

Sex (female)

19 (63%)

EuroSCORE (%)

18.3 ± 11.9

Body mass index (kg/m2)

26.2 ± 5.5

Diabetes mellitus

9 (30 %)

Atrial fibrillation

4 (13%)

Permanent pacemaker

5 (17%)

Arterial hypertension

28 (93%)

Coronary artery disease

18 (60%)

COPD

9 (30%)

NYHA III or IV

15 (50%)

NYHA II

15 (50%)

History of syncope

4 (13%)

Combined mild AI

18 (60%)

Combined moderate AI

4 (13%)

Mild MI

13 (43%)

Moderate MI

11 (37%)

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SD or as number (percentage or range). EuroSCORE, European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; AI, aortic valve insufficiency; MI, mitral valve insufficiency