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. 2010 Jan 7;31(9):1088–1097. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp588

Table 3.

Echocardiographic characteristics of Fabry cohorts (AGAL-009-00 and AGAL-008-00)

All patients Male Female M vs. F, P-value
Number (%) of patients 139a 92a (66.2%) 47 (33.8%)
Heat rate (b.p.m.), mean ± SD 66.7 ± 12.9 65.4 ± 12.3 69.5 ± 13.7 <0.132
LVEDV (mL), mean ± SDa 96.1 ± 26.19 105.4 ± 25.5 78.5 ± 16.8 <0.001
LVESV (mL), mean ± SDa 33.7 ± 16.3 38.5 ± 17.2 24.5 ± 8.9 <0.001
SV (mL), mean ± SDa 66.1 ± 8.19 66.9 ± 14.8 53.9 ± 10.9 <0.001
EF (%), mean ± SDa 62.4 ± 14.9 64.4 ± 8.4 69.3 ± 6.9 <0.001
Pts with EF < 55%a 9 (6.7%) 9 (9.8%) 0 (0%) <0.027
LVEDD (cm), mean ± SD 4.39 ± 0.54 4.54 ± 0.524 4.12 ± 0.484 <0.001
LVESD (cm), mean ± SD 2.80 ± 0.48 2.89 ± 0.520 2.62 ± 0.344 <0.001

IVS (cm)a, mean ± SD 1.43 ± 0.39 1.49 ± 0.41 1.33 ± 0.34 <0.024
PWT (cm)a, mean ± SD 1.40 ± 0.30 1.42 ± 0.30 1.35 ± 0.30 <0.236
Mean radial WT (cm)a, mean ± SD 1.45 ± 0.31 1.49 ± 0.31 1.38 ± 0.30 <0.052
Relative WTa (eccentricity), mean ± SD 0.65 ± 0.18 0.65 ± 0.18 0.67 ± 0.19 <0.642

LV mass (g)a, mean ± SD 303.4±131.2 332.7 ± 139.1 248.5 ± 94.0 <0.001
LVMI (g/m2)a, mean ± SD 165.5 ± 66.9 178.7 ± 70.1 140.3 ± 52.5 <0.001

RVH, n (%) 35 (25.9%) 20 (21.7%) 14 (29.8%) <0.296
RV hypokinesis, n (%) 1 (0.7%) 1 (1.1%) 0 (0%) ns

LAE (≥mild), n (%) 56 (40.3%) 35 (38.0%) 21 (44.7%) <0.450
RAE (≥mild), n (%) 30 (21.6%) 21 (22.8%) 9 (19.1%) <0.618
Bi-atrial enlargement, n (%) 24 (17.3%) 15 (16.3%) 9 (19.1%) ns

MR (≥moderate), n (%) 15 (11.0%) 12 (13.5%) 3 (6.4%) <0.024

AR (>mild), n (%) 3 (2.2%) 3 (3.5%) 0 (0%) ns
Dilated aortic root (>40 mm diameter), n (%) 3 (2.1%) 3 (3.3%) 0 (0%) ns

TR(>mild), n (%) 1 (0.7%) 1 (5.3%) 0 (0%) ns
PASP (mmHg), n (%) 31 ± 7.3 31 ± 7.1 31 ± 7.9 ns

n (n = 58, AGAL-009 cohort) 21 37
Mitral E velocity (m/s), n (%) 0.9 ± 0.2 0.9 ± 0.2 0.9 ± 0.2 ns
Mitral A velocity (m/s), n (%) 0.5 ± 0.2 0.5 ± 0.2 0.6 ± 0.3
E:A ratio, n (%) 1.9 ± 0.9 2.2 ± 0.9 1.7 ± 0.8
TDI E′ velocity (cm/s), n (%) −11.7±3.6 (n = 6) −14.0 ± 3.6 −9.7 ± 2.3
E/E′ ratio, n (%) 8.7 ± 2.8 10.3 ± 2.1 7.1 ± 2.5

LVEDV, left ventricular end-diastolic volume; LVESV, left ventricular end-systolic volume; LVEDD, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVESD, left ventricular end-systolic diameter; SV, stroke volume; EF, ejection fraction; IVS, interventricular septal thickness; PWT, posterior wall thickness; WT, wall thickness; RVH, right ventricular hypertrophy; RV, right ventricular; LAE, left atrial enlargement; RAE, right atrial enlargement; MR, mitral regurgitation; AR, aortic regurgitation; TDI, tissue-Doppler imaging (septal); TR, tricuspid regurgitation; PASP, estimated pulmonary artery systolic pressure; ns, non-significant.

aThe echocardiogram of one male subject was of insufficient quality for accurate 2D measurements.

Bold values indicate P ≤ 0.05.