Table 3.
Echocardiographic characteristics of acute heart failure in patients with or without moderate aortic regurgitation
| n | All (n = 505) | Patients with AR (n = 211) | Patients without AR (n = 294) | P‐value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LVEDDi (mm/m2) | 425 | 29.0 | [26–33] | 30.0 | [27–34] | 28.2 | [25‐32] | 0.004 |
| LVMi (g/m2) | 405 | 114 | [90–136] | 120 | [93–144] | 109 | [86–132] | 0.004 |
| LADi (mm/m2) | 414 | 25.0 | [22‐28] | 25.0 | [23‐28] | 25.0 | [22‐28] | 0.369 |
| LVEF (%) | 505 | 45.0 | [30–60] | 41.0 | [30–60] | 46.0 | [30–60] | 0.502 |
| Mitral regurgitation (%) | 504 | 417 | (82.7) | 192 | (91.4) | 225 | (76.5) | <0.001 |
| Mitral stenosis (%) | 505 | 10 | (2.0) | 4 | (1.9) | 6 | (2.0) | 0.908 |
| Aortic regurgitation (%) | 505 | 211 | (41.8) | 211 | (100.0) | 0 | (0.0) | <0.001 |
| Aortic stenosis (%) | 505 | 75 | (14.9) | 31 | (14.7) | 44 | (15.0) | 0.932 |
| Tricuspid regurgitation (%) | 503 | 395 | (78.5) | 178 | (85.2) | 217 | (73.8) | 0.002 |
LADi, indexed left atrial diameter; LVEDDi, left ventricular end‐diastolic diameter indexed to body surface; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LVMi, left ventricular mass index.