Table 1.
Baseline patients’ characteristics—AS and AR patients.
| Group A—226 Pts AS |
Group B—171 Pts AR |
p-Value (Test) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) age (years) | 72 (12) | 68 (11) | 0.386014 |
| Women | 81 (35.84%) | 68 (39.77%) | 0.581801 |
| Mean (SD) heart rate | 68 (17) | 81 (17) | 0.645900 |
| Diabetes mellitus, no (%) | 11 (4.87%) | 9 (5.26%) | 0.355588 |
| COPD, no (%) | 12 (5.31%) | 10 (5.85%) | 0.591229 |
| Mean (SD) LVEF (%) | 52 (13) | 51 (14) | 0.0376032 |
| LVEF < 50%, no (%) | 89 (39.38%) | 69 (40.35%) | 0.432215 |
| NYHA class I/II, no (%) | 148 (65.49%) | 105 (61.40%) | 0.001457 |
| NYHA class III, no (%) | 64 (28.32%) | 40 (23.39%) | |
| NYHA class IV, no (%) | 14 (6.19%) | 26 (36.61%) | |
| Restrictive LVDFP | 78 (34.51%), | 77 (45.03%) | 0.0123004 |
SD—standard deviation; COPD—chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (≥Gold 2); 1 LVEF—left ventricle ejection fraction; LV—left ventricle; LVDFP—LV diastolic filling pattern; NYHA—New York Heart Association.