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Table 2 Echocardiographic data

From: Prognostic effect of increased left ventricular wall thickness in severe aortic stenosis

 

Normal thickness (n = 82)

Increased thickness (n = 208)

p value

LVEDD (mm)

50.9 ± 6.5

49.6 ± 5.8

0.425

LVESD (mm)

34.2 ± 8.2

33.3 ± 8.3

0.699

LVEF (%)

57.6 ± 10.4

57.8 ± 11.3

0.786

IVS (mm)

9.1 ± 1.0

12.2 ± 1.7

< 0.001

PWT (mm)

9.3 ± 1.0

12.4 ± 1.7

< 0.001

LVM (g)

169.4 ± 41.4

241.1 ± 56.9

< 0.001

LVMI (g/m2)

104.8 ± 23.7

147.6 ± 34.0

< 0.001

LAV (ml)

95.7 ± 59.1

84.9 ± 33.2

0.938

LAVI (ml/g2)

59.9 ± 37.0

52.8 ± 21.6

0.830

Mitral E (cm/s)

112.2 ± 48.0

90.9 ± 39.1

< 0.001

Mitral E/A

1.0 ± 0.5

0.9 ± 0.6

0.220

E/e′

19.5 ± 10.7

18.1 ± 9.0

0.551

Peak velocity (m/s)

4.3 ± 0.4

4.8 ± 0.7

< 0.001

Mean PG (mmHg)

42.5 ± 9.7

55.2 ± 17.8

< 0.001

AVA (cm2)

0.8 ± 0.2

0.7 ± 0.2

< 0.001

AVAI (cm2/m2)

0.5 ± 0.1

0.4 ± 0.1

< 0.001

BAV, n (%)

11 (13.4%)

37 (17.8%)

0.367

Significant AR

11 (13.4%)

26 (12.5%)

0.833

Concentric LVH, n (%)

10 (12.2%)

172 (82.7%)

< 0.001

Eccentric LVH, n (%)

31 (37.8%)

28 (13.5%)

< 0.001

Concentric remodeling, n (%)

6 (7.3%)

8 (0.4%)

0.214

Normal geometry, n (%)

35 (42.7%)

0

 
  1. Values are mean ± SD. LVEDD, left ventricular end diastolic dimension; LVESD left ventricular end systolic dimension; LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction; IVS interventricular septum; PWT posterior wall thickness; LVM left ventricular mass; LVMI left ventricular mass index; LAV left atrial volume; LAVI left atrial volume index; PG pressure gradient; AVA aortic valve area; AVAI aortic valve area index; BAV bicuspid aortic valve; AR aortic regurgitation; LVH left ventricular hypertrophy