Table 3.

Three months post-operative echocardiographic follow-up of patients alive at discharge (n = 53)

	NR < 1.0					NR > 1.0
	Survivors (n = 27)		Non-survivors (n = 6)		p value	Survivors (n = 7)		Non-survivors (n = 6)		p value
sPAP, mmHga	33	± 10*	51	± 32	0.015	42	± 14*	61	± 30	0.16
TAPSE, mma	16	± 3*	16	± 3*	0.84	16	± 3	15	± 2	0.47
TAPSE/sPAP, mm/mmHga	0.55	± 0.21*	0.47	± 0.24	0.45	0.43	± 0.17	0.26	± 0.12	0.10
RVEDD, cma	3.4	± 0.63*	3.4	± 0.46*	0.83	3.7	± 0.81*	4.1	± 0.55	0.45
PAAT, msa	95	± 20*	74	± 28	0.064	89	± 16*	92	± 37	0.87

NR notch ratio, sPAP systolic pulmonary artery pressure, TAPSE tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion, RVEDD right ventricular end-diastolic diameter, PAAT pulmonary artery acceleration time

^aMean ± SD

^*p < 0.05 post-operative vs. pre-operative within group