. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Apr 4.

Published in final edited form as: Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2006;2(6):592–599. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2006.09.005

Table 4.

Left Ventricular Function and Geometry Changes Three Months After Surgery

	Baseline Mean (SEM)	Three Months Mean (SEM)	p Value
LVEF (%)	61 (2.4)	57 (4.0)	0.43
LVSF (%)	32 (1.6)	32 (1.3)	0.90
Sm (cm/sec)	9.9 (0.4)	9.2 (0.4)	0.18
DT (msec)	212 (5.0)	195 (7.5)	0.074
E (cm/sec)	89 (3.3)	92 (3.3)	0.27
A (cm/sec)	76 (3.5)	75 (2.4)	0.66
E/A ratio	1.26 (0.06)	1.22 (0.06)	0.41
Em (cm/sec)	11.4 (0.5)	11.5 (0.6)	0.92
LVM/ht^2.7 (g/m)	50.0 (3.9)	46.1 (3.8)	0.037
RWT (cm)	0.42 (0.01)	0.43 (0.02)	0.67

LVEF, Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction; LVSF, Left Ventricular Shortening Fraction; Sm, Tissue Doppler Global Left Ventricular Systolic Function; DT, Deceleration Time; E, Early Mitral Inflow; A, Late Mitral Inflow; E/A, Early to Late Mitral Inflow Ratio; Em, Tissue Doppler Left Ventricular Global Diastolic Function; Left Ventricular Mass Indexed to Height to the 2.7 Power; RWT, Relative Wall Thickness.

P values in bold indicate statistically significant difference between baseline and three months.