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Table 2 Baseline and dobutamine stress echocardiography (20 pts)

From: Rest and Dobutamine stress echocardiography in the evaluation of mid-term results of mitral valve repair in Barlow's disease

Variable

Baseline

Stress

P

Mitral valve area (cm2)

2.9 ± 0.7

4.5 ± 2

<0.001

Mx PG (mmHg)

7.2 ± 1.9

14 ± 3.7

0.4

Md PG (mmHg)

2.7 ± 1

6.3 ± 1.5

<0.001

Mitral Annulus, systole (mm)

41 ± 3.4

38 ± 2.2

<0.001

Mitral Annulus, diastole (mm)

43.7 ± 3.3

45.7 ± 3

0.4

Mitral Annulus, area (cm2)

3.4 ± 0.4

3.7 ± 0.6

0.1

IAA

1.9 ± 0.3

2.1 ± 0.3

0.1

sPAP (mmHg)

33.5 ± 10

41.6 ± 12

0.03

MR grade (1+/2+)

9/20

10/20

ns

HR (beats/min)

75 ± 19

133 ± 22

<0.001

SBP (mmHg)

124 ± 14

127 ± 24

0.6

DBP (mmHg)

76 ± 9

70 ± 9

0.1

CO (L/min)

3.9 ± 1.9

6.6 ± 2.8

<0.001

EF (%)

50 ± 11

52 ± 12

0.3

LVEDV (ml)

114 ± 58

103 ± 56

0.05

LVESV (ml)

61 ± 50

54 ± 48

0.04

LVOTO (%)

0

30

<0.001

  1. Mx PG: maximum pressure gradient; Md PG: mean pressure gradient; IAA: indexed annular area; sPAP: systolic pulmonary artery pressure; MR: mitral regurgitation; HR: heart rate; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; CO: cardiac output; EF: ejection fraction; LVEDV: left ventricular end diastolic volume; LVESV: left ventricular end systolic volume; LVOTO: patients with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction.