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. 2015 Feb 16;21(4):370–377. doi: 10.5761/atcs.oa.14-00204

Table 4.

Changes of cardiac parameters

  Stage 1 (N = 30) Stage 2 (N = 26) Stage 3 (N = 34) P values

Heart failure status
 NYHA functional class
  Preoperative 2.5 ± 0.7 3.1 ± 0.7 3.3 ± 0.7 0.001
  Postoperative 1.1 ± 0.4* 1.6 ± 0.9* 1.6 ± 0.8* 0.23
  Follow-up 1.1 ± 0.4* 1.4 ± 0.5* 1.8 ± 0.8*§ 0.028
Left ventricular parameters
 LV end-diastolic diameter, mm
  Preoperative 56 ± 7 66 ± 5 70 ± 7 <0.001
  Postoperative 50 ± 5* 57 ± 6* 62 ± 8* <0.001
  Follow-up 52 ± 9* 59 ± 7* 65 ± 9* <0.001
 LV ejection fraction (%)
  Preoperative 45 ± 12 32 ± 9 27 ± 9 <0.001
  Postoperative 46 ± 13 34 ± 8 36 ± 14* 0.001
  Follow-up 47 ± 12 42 ± 11*§ 33 ± 14* 0.005
 LV end-systolic volume index (ml/m2)
  Preoperative 101 ± 24 132 ± 56 0.030
  Postoperative 67 ± 22* 74 ± 28* 0.29
  Reduction rate (%) 36 ± 15 40 ± 15
Mitral valve parameters        
 Mitral regurgitation grade        
  Preoperative 2.9 ± 0.8 3.0 ± 1.0 2.9 ± 1.1 0.93
  Postoperative 0.5 ± 0.5* 0.3 ± 0.4* 0.4 ± 0.6* 0.54
  Follow-up 1.4 ± 1.1*§ 1.2 ± 1.0*§ 0.8 ± 0.6*§ 0.11
 Coaptation distance (mm)
  Preoperative 7 ± 2 9 ± 2 10 ± 4 0.006
  Postoperative 7 ± 2 4 ± 2* 3 ± 3* 0.004
 Interpapillary muscle distance (mm)
  Preoperative 24 ± 3 30 ± 6 31 ± 7 0.005
  Postoperative 21 ± 2* 8 ± 7* 5 ± 7* <0.001

*P <0.05 compared with baseline parameters, §P <0.05 compared with postoperative parameters

LV: left ventricle; NYHA: New York Heart Association