Table 2. Acute and Subacute Echocardiographic Findings.
| Characteristic | Mean (SD) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients, No. | Baseline Values | Patients, No. | Values at 2-wk Follow-up | Patients, No. | Values at 6-wk Follow-up | |
| Proximal right coronary artery anterior-posterior diameter | ||||||
| Dimension, cm | 464 | 0.23 (0.19) | 464 | 0.23 (0.23) | 464 | 0.23 (0.23) |
| z Score | 464 | 0.43 (0.94) | 464 | 0.28 (0.92) | 464 | 0.15 (0.91) |
| Proximal left anterior descending coronary artery | ||||||
| Dimension, cm | 464 | 0.22 (0.18) | 464 | 0.23 (0.24) | 464 | 0.23 (0.26) |
| z Score | 464 | 0.50 (0.92) | 464 | 0.28 (0.27) | 464 | 0.07 (0.94) |
| Left main coronary artery anterior-posterior diametera | ||||||
| Dimension, cm | 358 | 0.27 (0.05) | 362 | 0.26 (0.05) | 369 | 0.26 (0.05) |
| z Score | 358 | 0.51 (0.93) | 362 | 0.35 (0.85) | 369 | 0.19 (0.89) |
| Anterior-posterior diameters of coronary arteries, cm | ||||||
| Posterior descendinga | 205 | 0.14 (0.12) | 202 | 0.15 (0.13) | 203 | 0.12 (0.08) |
| Distal anterior descending a | 348 | 0.18 (0.04) | 352 | 0.17 (0.04) | 351 | 0.18 (0.12) |
| Circumflexa | 315 | 0.16 (0.04) | 324 | 0.17 (0.11) | 326 | 0.16 (0.10) |
| Aortic root anterior-posterior diametera | ||||||
| Dimension, cm | 333 | 1.78 (0.33) | 338 | 1.81 (0.34) | 342 | 1.83 (0.33) |
| z Score | 333 | 0.49 (0.96) | 338 | 0.61 (0.89) | 342 | 0.60 (0.88) |
| Left ventricular ejection fraction, mean (SD)a | 152 | 0.62 (0.06) | 172 | 0.65 (0.05) | 169 | 0.64 (0.05) |
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These data were available for Boston, Massachusetts, patients only.