Table 3.
Comparison of pre- and post TAVR chocardiography parameters in patients with or without PH.
| Echocardiography | Without PH Group (n = 55) | ||||
| Baseline | 30 days | p1 value | 6 months | p2 value | |
| LVEF (%) | 56.7 10.4 | 55.2 7.8 | 0.42 | 56.4 9.8 | 0.94 |
| PASP, mmHg | 30.7 2.6 | 28.5 3.9 | 0.001 | 28.4 4.1 | 0.002 |
| Moderate to severe MR, % | 13 (23.6%) | 3 (5.5%) | 0.001 | 3 (5.5%) | 0.001 |
| Average grade of MR | 1.7 0.9 | 0.9 1.0 | 0.001 | 0.8 0.8 | 0.001 |
| Moderate to severe TR, % | 11 (20.0%) | 6 (10.9%) | 0.11 | 2 (3.6%) | 0.014 |
| Average grade of TR | 1.4 0.8 | 0.9 0.8 | 0.001 | 0.9 0.7 | 0.001 |
| Moderate to severe AR, % | 55 (100.0%) | 2 (3.6%) | 0.001 | 1 (1.8%) | 0.001 |
| Echocardiography | PH Group (n = 48) | ||||
| Baseline | 30 days | p1 value | 6 months | p2 value | |
| LVEF (%) | 51.9 12.1 | 50.8 10.7 | 0.65 | 52.5 10.9 | 0.78 |
| PASP, mmHg | 44.3 7.6 | 35.3 6.2 | 0.001 | 34.7 5.8 | 0.001 |
| Moderate to severe MR, % | 16 (33.3%) | 6 (12.5%) | 0.015 | 4 (8.3%) | 0.003 |
| Average grade of MR | 1.9 1.3 | 0.9 1.1 | 0.001 | 0.8 1.0 | 0.001 |
| Moderate to severe TR, % | 18 (37.5%) | 7 (14.6%) | 0.011 | 4 (8.3%) | 0.003 |
| Average grade of TR | 2.02 1.0 | 1.0 1.1 | 0.001 | 0.9 1.0 | 0.001 |
| Moderate to severe AR, % | 48 (100.0%) | 1 (2.1%) | 0.001 | 1 (2.1%) | 0.001 |
p1: the significance of characteristics in 30 days comparing to those in baseline. p2: the significance of characteristics in 6 months comparing to those in baseline. Abbreviations: PASP, pulmonary artery systolic pressure; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; MR, mitral regurgitation; TR, tricuspid regurgitation; AR, aortic regurgitation; TAVR, transcatheter aortic valve replacement; PH, pulmonary hypertension.