Table 2.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the 22 patients

Variable
Age (years, mean ± SD)	61.7 ± 6.8
Female (%)	13.6
Family history of cardiovascular diseases (%)	40.9
Smoker (%)	31.8
Diabetes mellitus (%)	4.5
Hypertension (%)	36.4
Hypercholesterolaemia (%)	27.3
LVEF (%, mean ± SD)
4 months	38.6 ± 7.5
24 months	41.2 ± 8.9
MPR (mean ± SD)	1.5 ± 0.6
Stress 13N-ammonia (ml/min/100 g, mean ± SD)	107.2 ± 46.7
WT (mean ± SD)
4 months (mm)	3.3 ± 2.2
24 months (mm)	3.8 ± 2.6
ΔWT (mm, mean ± SD)a	0.5 ± 1.8

^aDifference in WT between 4 and 24 months.