Table 2: Cardiac and Lung Assessment on CT.
“Classic” NFHG | “Discordant” NFLG | “Paradoxical” pLFLG | ||
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(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