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. 2007 Dec;3(6):1007–1017.

Table 2.

Echocardiography data before surgery and until seven days post surgical treatment

Before surgery Post - surgery P
LVDD (mm) 63.60 ± 10.9 53.80 ± 11.1 0.003
LVSD (mm) 41.61 ± 8.8 37.50 ± 11 0.179
LAD (mm) 51.30 ± 12.0 41.62 ± 7.3 0.002
Shortening fraction (%) 34.32 ± 4.6 29.61 ± 7.2 0.009

Abbreviations: LVDD, left ventricle diastolic diameter; LVSD, left ventricle systolic diameter; LAD, left atrium diameter.