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Table 4 Echocardiographic measurements preoperative and 6 months after bariatric surgery

From: Bariatric surgery and cardiovascular outcome

Variables

Preoperative measurements, median (IQR)

6 months FU measurements, median (IQR)

P valuea

LA (cm)

3.2 (2.9–3.7)

3.2 (2.9–3.7)

= 1.000

AO (cm)

3.05 (2.8–3.45)

3 (2.8–3.45)

= 0.273

LVEDD (cm)

4.95 (4.6–5.4)

4.9 (4.5–5.3)

< 0.0001**

LVESD (cm)

3.1 (2.7–3.5)

3 (2.7–3.4)

< 0.0001**

IVSD (cm)

1 (0.8–1.2)

1 (0.8–1)

= 0.735

PWD (cm)

1 (0.8–1.1)

0.99 (0.8–1.1)

= 0.441

FS (%)

36 (33–40)

37.5 (34–40)

< 0.0001**

EF (%)

65 (62–69)

67 (63–69)

= 0.0003**

LVMI (g/m2)

47.7 (32.2–59.2)

40.5 (29.4–51.1)

< 0.0001**

E wave (m/s)

0.8 (0.7–0.9)

0.8 (0.7–0.92)

= 0.365

A wave (m/s)

0.5 (0.5–0.65)

0.5 (0.5–0.6)

= 0.401

E/A ratio

1.5 (1.2–1.8)

1.6 (1.5–1.8)

< 0.0001**

  1. AO Aortic root, EF ejection fraction, FS Fractional shortening, IQR Interquartile range, IVSD Interventricular septal dimension, LVEDD Left ventricular end diastolic dimension, LVESD Left ventricular end systolic dimension, LVMI Left ventricular mass index, PWD Posterior wall dimension
  2. aUsing Wilcoxon’s test