Table 2 Echocardiographic parameters in patients with aortic stenosis

Ejection fraction -EF (%)

63 ± 7

63.5 ± 7.2

61.7 ± 6.5

0.272

Left ventricle end-diastolic volume index (ml/m²)

65.6 ± 23.8

62 ± 23.1

72.8 ± 23.9

0.053

Left ventricle end-systolic volume index (ml/m²)

26.6 (17.2-38.1)

23.5 (15.5-31.4)

33.4 ± 13

0.007

Left ventricle mass index (g/m²)

161 ± 47.8

165.7 ± 45.9

151.5 ± 50.8

0.215

Left atrial volume index (ml/m²)

38 ± 14.5

39 ± 15.3

35.9 ± 12.7

0.369

Peak aortic gradient (mmHg)

66.5 (52-96)

80 (65-111)

48 ± 16

<0.001

Mean aortic gradient (mmHg)

43 (33-57)

50 (42-71)

28 ± 11

<0.001

Aortic valve area- AVA (cm²)

0.85 (0.65-1.14)

0.72 ± 0.18

1.3 ± 0.2

<0.001

Aortic valve area index- AVAI (cm²/m²)

0.45 (0.36-0.62)

0.39 (0.32-0.45)

0.67 (0.62-0.76)

<0.001

Global longitudinal peak strain - GLPS (-%)

14.73 ± 3.62

14.17 ± 3.59

15.87 ± 3.47

0.045

Mitral annular plain systolic excursion - MAPSE (mm)

11 ± 2

10.64 ± 1.95

11.76 ± 1.9

0.016

MAPSE index (mm/m²)

6 ± 1.1

5.79 ± 1.01

6.39 ± 1.2

0.02

E/E’ ratio

9.8 (7-14.4)

10.6 (7.1-14.3)

8.7 (6.9-14.5)

0.386

Early diastolic mitral annular velocity- E’ (cm/s)

6 (5-9)

6.6 ± 2.5

7.7 ± 3.1

0.1