Table 4.

Echocardiographic data (baseline vs. 1 year follow‐up)

Variables	Baseline	1 year FU	P
LVEF (%)	28.57 ± 10.89	29.57 ± 13.01	0.879
E/e′	19.33 ± 5.05	12.58 ± 3.53	0.023
TAPSE (mm)	17.57 ± 2.64	18.14 ± 2.67	0.694
RVs′ (cm/s)	10.86 ± 2.54	9.71 ± 1.11	0.298
sPAP (mmHg)	47.86 ± 8.67	35.14 ± 9.34	0.022
LVEDV (mL)	196.00 ± 69.08	215.29 ± 96.97	0.676
LVESV (mL)	144.03 ± 61.65	153.14 ± 79.78	0.815

E, early‐wave transmitral diastolic velocity; e′, early‐diastolic velocity at tissue Doppler imaging; FU, follow‐up; LVEDV, left ventricular end‐diastolic volume; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LVESV, left ventricular end‐systolic volume; RVs′, TDI‐derived tricuspid lateral annular systolic velocity; sPAP, systolic pulmonary artery pressure; TAPSE, tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion.

We have reported in bold the statistically significant P‐value.