Immediate, short-term, and long-term effects of balloon mitral valvuloplasty on the left atrial global longitudinal strain and its correlation to the outcomes in patients with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis

The Egyptian Heart Journal

Table 1 Demographic and baseline data of all the studied groups

Variable	Cases (n = 95)	Cont (n = 80)	p value (Sig.)
Age (year)	29.1 ± 9.2	28.4 ± 8.2	0.60^NS
Sex (Male/female)	24/71	29/66	0.65^NS
Body mass index (kg/m²)	22.9 ± 3.8	22.1 ± 4.8	0.22^NS
Body surface area (m²)	2.08 ± 0.14	2.04 ± 0.19	0.10^NS
SBP (mmhg)	115.2 ± 4.7	118.2 ± 4.1	< 0.01**
DBP (mmhg)	74.9 ± 3.8	78.8 ± 4.0	< 0.01**
LA (IS in mm)	62.7 ± 8.4	43.2 ± 7.8	< 0.01**
LA area (in cm²)	27.5 ± 7.4	12.4 ± 4.8	< 0.01**
LA strain (%)	12.9 ± 1.2	31.4 ± 4.7	< 0.01**

NS Non-Significant
**: P-value > 0.05: Non-significant; P-value < 0.05: Significant; P-value < 0.01: highly significant