Table 2.

Echocardiographic Characteristics Before and 2 Weeks After the Valve Was Implanted

	Pre-Implantation	Post-Implantation
Left ventricular ejection fraction, %	65	70
Forward RV stroke volume, ml	64	70
Mean transmitral pressure gradient, mm Hg	3	7
TAPSE, mm	15	–
Right ventricular fractional area change, %	43	36
Mean transtricuspid pressure gradient, mm Hg	–	1
Inferior vena cava width, cm	2.6	2.6

RV = right ventricular; TAPSE = tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion