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. 2010 Sep 22;8:42. doi: 10.1186/1476-7120-8-42

Table 3.

Vortex Formation Parameters

Variable Baseline Intervention P value
D (cm) 1.76 ± 0.18 1.78 ± 0.15 0.7660
TVIE 6.31 ± 0.99 4.05 ± 0.85 0.0004
VFT 3.61 ± 0.47 2.26 ± 0.45 0.0002

D, diameter of mitral valve orifice; TVIE, time-velocity integral of the E-wave; VFT, vortex formation time.