Table 4.

Cardiothoracic ratio during pre-operative and post-operative periods.

	Cardiothoracic ratio (%)
Pre-operative	59.80 ± 3.75
1 m	56.19 ± 4.43*
3 m	55.46 ± 4.50*
6 m	55.63 ± 5.96*

^*p-value of <0.05 vs. pre-operative data.