Table 1.

Characteristics of patients

	Acute phase	Stable phase
NYHA class (I/II/III/IV)	0/11/26/11	32/15/1/0
Body mass index (kg/m2)	22.4 (0.7)	20.8 (0.6)***
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	140.0 (3.8)	118.5 (3.0)***
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	77.1 (2.4)	65.6 (2.2)**
Heart rate (beats/min)	94.4 (2.7)	74.6 (1.6)***
Cardiothoracic ratio (%)	63.8 (0.9)	56.6 (1.2)***
Left atrial diameter (mm)	42.0 (1.7)	39.4 (1.9)
Diastolic left ventricular diameter (mm)	62.2 (1.1)	58.4 (1.5)*
Systolic left ventricular diameter (mm)	53.0 (1.3)	46.1 (1.7)***
Ejection fraction (%)	29.4 (1.8)	42.7 (2.4)***
Fractional shortening (%)	14.8 (1.0)	22.4 (1.5)***

*p<0.05, **p<0.001, ***p<0.0001 versus acute phase (paired Student’s t test).

NYHA, New York Heart Association.