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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Heart Lung Transplant. 2013 Jul 11;32(9):897–904. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2013.06.004

Table 3.

Pre-operative Echocardiographic Parameters Associated With Device Implantationa Significant Mitral Regurgitation After Left Ventricular Assist

Variable Univariate
Multivariate
HR (95% CI) p-value HR (95% CI) p-value
LVEDD, mm 1.091 (1.024–1.163) 0.007 0.908 (0.717–1.150) 0.425
LVESD, mm 1.080 (1.020–1.144) 0.008 1.126 (0.903–1.404) 0.294
Ejection fraction, % 1.011 (0.920-1.111) 0.816
Left atrial area, mm2 1.154 (1.057-1.260) 0.001 1.101 (0.990-1.223) 0.075
Displacement, mm
 Apical 1.108 (0.941–1.305) 0.218
 Posterior 1.227 (1.073–1.403) 0.003 1.335 (1.035–1.721) 0.026
Annulus size, mm2 1.152 (1.007–1.317) 0.039 0.889 (0.690–1.144) 0.360
Tethering area, mm2 1.006 (0.999–1.012) 0.071
PM distance proportion, % 0.990 (0.929–1.055) 0.754
Tethering proportion, % 0.106 (0.003–3.462) 0.207
Annulus calcification 1.525 (0.454–5.123) 0.495
Ratio of MR area to LAA, % 1.054 (1.015–1.094) 0.006 1.094 (1.013–1.181) 0.022

CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; LVEDD, left ventricular end-diastolic dimension; LVESD, left ventricular end-systolic dimension; MR, mitral regurgitation; PM, papillary muscle.

a

Data shown in bold type are statistically significant.