Table 3. Clinical and echocardiographic follow-up.
| Parameters | Before Cath | After Cath | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Within 6 months post-Cath | Early after Cath (total procedures =37) | On follow-up (total procedures =27)* | |||
| Echocardiographic parameters before and after cardiac catheterization | |||||
| LVEDD | 3.6 [2.3–4.2] | 3.3 [2.2–3.9] | 0.103 | ||
| EF | 60 [55–65] | 64 [60–69] | 0.109 | ||
| Residual shunts immediately after catheterization and on follow-up | |||||
| Residual shunt | 0.007 | ||||
| No | 16 (43.2) | 22 (81.5) | |||
| Minor | 19 (51.4) | 5 (18.5) | |||
| Large | 2 (5.4) | – | |||
| Clinical status before and after cardiac catheterization | |||||
| NYAH/Ross score | 0.0001 | ||||
| I | 4 (10.8) | 27 (73.0) | |||
| II | 22 (59.5) | 7 (18.9) | |||
| III | 9 (24.3) | 1 (2.7) | |||
| IV | 2 (5.4) | 2 (5.4) | |||
Data are shown as median [25th–75th percentile] or n (%). *, mortalities, redo surgeries and lost follow-up are excluded. LVEDD, left ventricle end-diastolic dimension; EF, ejection fraction; NYHA, New York Heart Association.