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Table 1 Demographic features, preoperative clinical characteristics and echocardiographic variables of patients

From: The role of left atrial strain in patients with functional tricuspid regurgitation before and after annuloplasty: a long-term follow-up study

 

Control (n = 20)

Patients with MS and functional TR (n = 63)

Patients undergoing TVA

P value, Control vs. functional TR

P value, Group I vs. Group II

Group I (n = 45)

Group II (n = 18)

Demographic features

 Age (years)

48.4 ± 9.0

52.6 ± 8.2

52.4 ± 7.4

53.1 ± 10.2

0.06

0.77

 Sex (M/F)

13/7

22/41

12/33

10/8

0.02

0.04

 Weight (kg)

68.8 ± 11.5

63.4 ± 9.9

63.8 ± 10.6

62.2 ± 8.1

0.07

0.55

 Height (cm)

169.9 ± 7.6

166.0 ± 7.8

165.5 ± 7.5

167.2 ± 8.7

0.05

0.44

 BSA (m2)

1.79 ± 0.17

1.70 ± 0.16

1.70 ± 0.16

1.70 ± 0.15

0.06

0.92

 Heart rate (beats/min)

71.0 ± 10.0

80.0 ± 21.0

76.0 ± 15.3

92.1 ± 28.4

0.00

0.03

Preoperative clinical characteristics

 NYHA functional class III-IV

24 (38.1%)

20 (44.4%)

4 (22.2%)

0.15

 Hypertension

3 (0.05%)

1 (2.2%)

2 (11.1%)

0.19

 Atrial fibrillation

51 (80.9%)

35 (77.8%)

16 (88.9%)

0.48

TR severity

 1+

19 (30.0%)

17 (37.8%)

2 (11.1%)

 1.5+

16 (25.4%)

10 (22.2%)

6 (33.3%)

 2+

14 (22.2%)

7 (15.6%)

7 (38.9%)

 2.5+

3 (4.8%)

2 (4.4%)

1 (5.6%)

 3+

11 (17.5%)

9 (20%)

2 (11.1%)

TR VCW (mm)

4.24 ± 2.33

4.11 ± 2.51

4.66 ± 1.87

0.41

Suture annuloplasty/Ring annuloplasty

36/27

23/22

13/5

0.13

Conventional echocardiographic variables

 MVA by 2D planimetry (cm2)

0.88 ± 0.15

1.10 ± 0.39

0.82 ± 0.29

0.01

 MVA by PHT (cm2)

0.92 ± 0.38

1.11 ± 0.10

0.86 ± 0.22

0.04

 MV mean gradient (mm Hg)

10.0 ± 4.8

8.9 ± 4.0

12.7 ± 5.7

0.00

 MV peak gradient (mm Hg)

19.4 ± 7.6

19.2 ± 7.9

19.9 ± 6.9

0.74

 TA maximal diameter (cm)

3.39 ± 0.48

3.44 ± 0.46

3.45 ± 0.49

3.42 ± 0.37

0.00

0.83

 TA minimal diameter (cm)

2.86 ± 0.31

3.39 ± 0.39

3.40 ± 0.51

3.37 ± 0.41

0.00

0.82

 PASP (mm Hg)

44.7 ± 22.6

42.0 ± 22.4

51.4 ± 22.4

0.14

 Tricuspid E (cm/s)

56.3 ± 7.6

63.4 ± 19.3

63.7 ± 20.0

62.9 ± 18.0

0.02

0.89

 E’ (cm/s)

11.9 ± 2.2

11.4 ± 2.9

11.1 ± 2.7

11.9 ± 3.3

0.48

0.41

 S′ (cm/s)

12.7 ± 2.0

12.1 ± 2.6

12.3 ± 2.7

11.8 ± 2.3

0.44

0.55

 E/E’

4.8 ± 0.9

5.8 ± 2.5

5.9 ± 2.3

5.5 ± 2.8

0.06

0.63

 LA-ap (mm)

32.4 ± 2.3

55.5 ± 12.0

55.9 ± 12.9

54.6 ± 9.4

0.00

0.71

 LA maximal volume (mL)

38.0 ± 10.4

202.5 ± 27.3

228.0 ± 27.2

138.7 ± 15.2

0.00

0.03

 LA minimal volume (mL)

12.5 ± 4.7

160.1 ± 23.8

182.4 ± 32.3

104.2 ± 14.4

0.00

0.03

 LAVI (mL/m2)

21.2 ± 5.8

119.7 ± 15.8

134.9 ± 21.4

81.7 ± 8.8

0.00

0.02

 LASV (mL)

25.5 ± 6.7

42.5 ± 4.3

45.6 ± 5.5

34.6 ± 5.2

0.00

0.24

 LAEF (%)

67.5 ± 5.3

24.9 ± 11.9

24.4 ± 1.6

26.1 ± 3.5

0.00

0.60

 LAEI (%)

216.0 ± 52.2

39.0 ± 44.1

34.9 ± 20.3

49.2 ± 18.1

0.00

0.25

 LV end-diastolic volume (mL)

81.9 ± 20.9

87.9 ± 34.7

93.6 ± 38.2

73.7 ± 18.1

0.47

0.01

 LV end-systolic volume (mL)

34.4 ± 11.0

41.7 ± 19.5

44.8 ± 21.2

33.9 ± 11.9

0.04

0.01

 LV EF (%)

58.5 ± 4.7

53.0 ± 8.7

52.6 ± 7.9

53.9 ± 10.5

0.00

0.57

2D-STE variables

 LAS-r (%)

42.5 ± 10.2

7.6 ± 4.0

8.5 ± 4.1

5.4 ± 2.5

0.00

0.00

 LAS-cd (%)

−25.9 ± 7.4

−6.8 ± 3.7

−7.5 ± 3.9

−5.1 ± 2.3

0.00

0.02

 LV-PGLS (%)

−22.7 ± 3.5

−15.6 ± 4.9

−15.5 ± 4.4

−15.8 ± 6.1

0.00

0.86

  1. MS Mitral stenosis, TR Tricuspid regurgitation, TVA Tricuspid valve annuloplasty, BSA Body surface area, VCW Vena contracta width, MVA Mitral valve area, PHT Pressure half-time, TA Tricuspid annular, PASP Pulmonary arterial systolic pressure, LA-ap Left atrial anterior-posterior diameter, LAVI Left atrial maximal volume index, LASV Left atrial stroke volume, LAEF Left atrial emptying fraction, LAEI Left atrial expansion index, LVEF Left ventricular ejection fraction, 2D-STE Two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography, LAS-r Left atrial reservoir strain, LAS-cd Left atrial conduit strain, LV-PGLS Left ventricular peak global longitudinal strain