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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 7.
Published in final edited form as: Struct Heart. 2022 Mar 30;6(2):100014. doi: 10.1016/j.shj.2022.100014

Table 2: Cardiac and Lung Assessment on CT.

Normal continuous variables are reported as mean ± standard deviation while non-normal variables are reported as median with first and third quartiles (Q1 and Q3, respectively). Categorical variables are reported as number (percentage).

“Classic” NFHG “Discordant” NFLG “Paradoxical” pLFLG
(n=27) (n=27) (n=27) p-value
LV Assessment
 LV End-Diastolic Volume, mL 164 (133 to 180) 147 (129 to 187) 144 (111 to 182) 0.57
 LV End-Systolic Volume, mL 58 (46 to 74) 60 (49 to 86) 56 (44 to 80) 0.53
 LV Stroke Volume, mL 96 ± 19 92 ± 21 86 ± 23 0.17
 LV Ejection Fraction, % 61 ± 6 58 ± 6 58 ± 6 0.05
 LV total mass, g 159 ± 48 151 ± 45 134 ± 42 0.12
 LV Septum Max, mm 14 ± 3 13 ± 3 13 ± 2 0.15
RV Assessment
 RV End-Diastolic Volume, mL 146 ± 38 155 ± 52 152 ± 49 0.77
 RV End-Systolic Volume, mL 63 ± 24 72 ± 32 81 ± 41 0.14
 RV Stroke Volume, mL 83 ± 20 84 ± 23 72 ± 20 0.07
 RV Ejection Fraction, % 58 ± 7 55 ± 6 49 ± 10*, <0.01
 RV total mass, g 30 ± 7 33 ± 9 33 ± 12 0.43
Lung Assessment
 Air Fraction (%) 75 ± 7 73 ± 8 74 ± 6 0.58
 Emphysema (%) 0 (0 to 1) 0 (0 to 0) 0 (0 to 0) 0.19

NFHG: normal-flow high-gradient aortic stenosis, NFLG: normal-flow low-gradient aortic stenosis, pLFLG: paradoxical low-flow low-gradient aortic stenosis

*

p<0.05 compared NFHG AS

p<0.05 compared to NFLG AS

p<0.05 compared to pLFLG AS