Table 1. Pre- and postoperative thoracic radiographic and echocardiographic findings.

Index	Case No.	Pre-operative	1 mon	3 mon	Recent value
VHS	1	12.90	11.40	11.90	11.50
	2	11.70	10.00	9.50	8.60
LA/Ao	1	2.08	1.80	1.90	1.88
	2	3.06	2.50	2.30	1.74
LVIDd (mm)	1	38.80	44.50	47.30	49.86
	2	34.80	26.10	26.90	23.80
LVIDs (mm)	1	30.10	28.10	33.70	35.04
	2	14.20	15.10	18.20	11.35
FS (%)	1	22.30	36.89	28.71	29.73
	2	59.31	42.29	32.30	34.43

VHS, vertebral heart scale; LA, left atrium; Ao, aorta; LVIDd, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVIDs, left ventricular end-systolic diameter; FS, fractional shortening.