Table 5.

Mixed-effects REML regression for the changes in left ventricular ejection fraction, pulmonary artery systolic pressure, and mean mitral valve pressure gradient.

Ejection fraction	Coef.	P-value	95% CI
Group	−0.311	0.793	−2.637-2.015
Time	0.025	0.683	−0.097-0.148
Preoperative EF	0.601	<0.001	0.503-0.699
PASP
Group	−3.039	0.153	−7.204-1.125
Time	−0.534	<0.001	−0.818 to −0.250
Preoperative PASP	0.596	<0.001	0.506-0.686
Mean MV pressure gradient
Group	−0.226	0.841	−2.433-1.981
Time	−0.072	0.334	−0.219-0.074
Preoperative mean MV pressure gradient	0.501	<0.001	0.440-0.562

EF=ejection fraction; MV=mitral valve; PASP=pulmonary artery systolic pressure