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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 26.
Published in final edited form as: Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2011 May 25;410(1):97–101. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.05.113

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of patients

Patient Cardiac
frequency
(min−1)		 Rhythm RA Size LA Size RV Size LV Size EF
%		 Age,
Sex		 Diagnosis Kind of
surgery		 Treatment
NSR 60 SR Normal Normal Normal Normal 60 72,
M		 AVS,
CABG
NSR 75 SR Normal Normal Normal Normal 70 77,
M		 Aortic
stenosis		 AVS,
CABG		 ACE Inhibitors;
Diuretics;
Statines
NSR 55 SR Normal Normal Normal Normal-
hypertrophic		 49-
53		 86,
M		 Light mitral
insufficiency		 CABG β blockers;
Statines
AF 83 cAF Normal Dilated Normal Normal-
hypertrophic		 55 75,
M		 Aortic
insufficiency,
CAR		 AVS,
CABG		 ACE Inhibitors;
Diuretics; β
blockers
AF 90 cAF Normal Dilated Normal Normal-
hypertrophic		 80 84,
M		 AVS Diuretics
Digoxine
AF 69 AF Normal Normal Normal Normal 60 75,
M		 Light mitral
insufficiency		 AVS,
CABG		 β blockers;
Statines
HF 67 SR Normal Normal Normal Normal-
hypertrophic		 48 77,
M		 HF, AHT,
CAR		 AVS,
CABG		 Diuretics
HF 80 SR Normal Normal Normal Normal 35-
40		 61,
M		 Moderate-
grave mitral
insufficiency		 CABG β blockers;
Statines
HF SR Normal Normal Normal Dilated 30 79,
M		 CABG Antiarrhythmics

AF, atrial fibrillation; AHT, arterial hypertension; AVS, Aortic valve surgery; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; cAF, chronic AF; CAR, coronary artery revascularization; EF, ejection fraction; LA, left atrium; LV, left ventricle; NSR, normal sinus rhythm; RA, right atrium; RV, right ventricle.