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Patients' Characteristics
Values are means ± SDs or the number of patients. Cr:serum creatinine, COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CVA: cerebrovascular accident, CHF: congestive heart failure, NYHA: New York Heart Association, LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction, E/e': ratio of the mitral velocity to the early-diastolic velocity of the mitral annulus, ARB: angiotensin receptor blocker, ACEi: angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, *P < 0.05 versus Group C.
