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Table 2 Echocardiographic and biological data

From: Relation between E/e’ ratio and NT-proBNP levels in elderly patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis

Maximal pressure gradient (mmHg)

73 ± 23

Mean pressure gradient (mmHg)

44 ± 15

Pulmonary artery pressure (mmHg)

39 ± 13

Ejection fraction (%)

55 ± 12

E/A ratio

1,0 ± 0,6

e’ septal (cm/s)

4,6 ± 1,7

e’ lateral (cm/s)

6,3 ± 2,4

e’ average (cm/s)

5,5 ± 1,9

E/e’ septal

20,2 ± 9,1

E/e’ lateral

15,7 ± 7,2

E/e’ average

17,4 ± 6,9

E-wave deceleration time (ms)

240 ± 86

N terminal pro Brain Natriuretic Peptide (pmol/l)

217, 95 % CI (161,226)

Log10 N-terminal pro Brain Natriuretic Peptide

2,3(±0,6)

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD or number (percentage %) for normally distributed values and as geometric mean and 95 % CI for NT-proBNP