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. 2013 Nov 26;12(2):51–58. doi: 10.1007/s12574-013-0196-7

Table 3.

Change in severity of aortic stenosis (AS)

Pre-AVR (n = 30) Post-AVR (12 months) (n = 19) P value
Peak aortic velocity (m/s) 4.55 ± 0.73 2.83 ± 0.59 <0.001
Mean pressure gradient (mmHg) 47.1 ± 16.0 14.5 ± 5.28 <0.001
EOA (cm2) 0.71 ± 0.18 1.42 ± 0.34 <0.001
EOAI (cm2/m2) 0.46 ± 0.18 0.91 ± 0.19 <0.001
ELCo (cm2) 0.83 ± 0.24 1.97 ± 0.58 <0.001
ELI (cm2/m2) 0.53 ± 0.15 1.26 ± 0.34 <0.001
ΔEOAI (cm2/m2) 0.41 ± 0.21
ΔELI (cm2/m2) 0.74 ± 0.37

EOA effective orifice area, EOAI effective orifice area index, ELCo energy loss coefficient, ELI energy loss index