Table 2.
Echocardiographic parameters of study patients with and without a significant reduction in ventricular ectopy after mitral valve surgery.
| All patients (N = 32) | Group A (N = 17) |
Group B (N = 15) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preoperative echocardiographic parameters | ||||
| LVEF, %, (mean ± SD) | 63.2 ± 5.6 | 63.4 ± 4.0 | 62.9 ± 7.2 | 0.80 |
| LVESD, millimeters, (mean ± SD) | 36.5 ± 5.9 | 36.5 ± 5.0 | 36.0 ± 7.0 | 0.81 |
| LVEDD, millimeters, (mean ± SD) | 56.6 ± 7.3 | 56.2 ± 6.4 | 56.9 ± 8.5 | 0.80 |
| Postoperative echocardiographic parameters | ||||
| LVEF, %, (mean ± SD) | 53.4 ± 11.7 | 54.9 ± 10.1 | 51.6 ± 13.4 | 0.44 |
| LVESD, millimeters, (mean ± SD) | 35.5 ± 8.1 | 35.3 ± 6.6 | 35.8 ± 9.8 | 0.87 |
| LVEDD, millimeters, (mean ± SD) | 50.6 ± 6.5 | 50.6 ± 6.5 | 50.5 ± 6.8 | 0.94 |
Abbreviations LV Left Ventricular; LVEDD, Left Ventricular End Diastolic Dimension; LVEF, Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction; LVESD, Left Ventricular End Systolic Dimension; SD, Standard Deviation.