. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 11.

Published in final edited form as: Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2018 Sep 23;93(1):156–163. doi: 10.1002/ccd.27831

TABLE 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study population

Variables		Value (n = 137)
Clinical data
Age (years)		43 ± 12
Body surface area (m²)		1.64 ± 0.2
Female gender (n/%)		119 (87)
NYHA functional class	I	16 (12)
	II	56 (41)
	III or IV	65 (47)
Atrial fibrillation (n/%)		32 (23)
Heart rate (bpm)		73.9 ± 15.0
Systolic blood pressures (mmHg)		112.3 ± 17.6
Diastolic blood pressures (mmHg)		72.2 ± 10.0
Medication
Diuretics		96 (70)
Beta-blockers		101 (74)
Anticoagulants		38 (28)
Aspirin		19 (14)

Abbreviations: LV, left ventricular; NYHA, New York Heart Association. Data are expressed as the mean value ± SD or number (percentage) of patients.