Table 2.

Univariate Cox proportional hazards regression results for variables predictive of adverse cardiac events

Variables	Hazard ratio	95% CI	p Value
Age	1.026	0.997–1.057	0.08
Male Sex	0.458	0.138–1.501	0.19
NYHA functional class > 3	1.249	0.575–2.713	0.57
AF Rhythm	3.459	1.699- 7.042	< 0.001
Antibiotic (penicillin) prophylaxis	0.386	0.158–0.943	0.03
E.F	0.942	0.874–1.015	0.11
Left atrial diameter	1.582	0.906–2.764	0.10
TMPG	0.988	0.938- 1.041	0.64
MVA	0.601	0.111 -3.236	0.55
MR ≥ 1	1.397	0.658–2.968	0.38
Wilkins score > 8	2.787	1.365–5.691	0.021
sPAP	1.037	1.012–1.062	0.003
IMVA	0.071	0.024- 0.211	< 0.001
IMVA ≥ 2 cm2	0.054	0.016–0.178	< 0.001
IMR:degree 2	3.607	1.743–7.464	0.002
ITMPG	1.083	0.879–1.334	0.45

CI confidence interval, NYHA New York Heart Association, AF atrial fibrillation, EF ejection fraction, TMPG mean trans-mitral pressure gradient, MVA mitral valve area, MR mitral regurgitation, sPAP systolic pulmonary arterial pressure, IMVA immediate post-PTMC mitral valve area, IMR immediate post-PTMC mitral regurgitation, ITMPG immediate post-PTMC mean trans-mitral pressure gradient