Table 6.

Serial measurements of echocardiographic parameters during half year.

Variables	LVR(+), n = 24	LVR(-), n = 73	P
Ejection fraction (%)
Baseline	55.7 ± 10.1	58.1 ± 9.1	0.279
One week	55.1 ± 9.3	60.6 ± 8.3	0.014
Day 90	57.6 ± 9.9	62.7 ± 8.2	0.014
Day 180	55.9 ± 8.5	62.8 ± 8.4	0.002
Left ventricular end-diastolic volume (ml)
Baseline	86.1 ± 21.4	109.5 ± 28.0	< 0.001
One week	103.6 ± 26.1	108.0 ± 26.8	0.488
Day 90	115.0 ± 30.7	105.5 ± 27.0	0.153
Day 180	126.5 ± 35.4	103.5 ± 26.8	0.001
Left ventricular end-systolic volume (ml)
Baseline	38.8 ± 14.7	46.1 ± 16.3	0.053
One week	46.9 ± 19.4	43.0 ± 16.9	0.352
Day 90	49.5 ± 21.2	40.4 ± 17.3	0.034
Day 180	57.7 ± 27.5	39.0 ± 14.5	< 0.001