The Egyptian Heart Journal

Table 3 Difference in echocardiogram parameters before and after valvuloplasty in cases group

From: 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

Variable	Pre-procedural	Post-procedural	p value (Sig.)
LA GLS(%)	23.1 ± 4.2	34.7 ± 4.9	< 0.01**
MVA(in cm²)	1.02 ± 0.18	1.60 ± 0.31	< 0.01**
SPAP(mm Hg)	43.7 ± 9.1	12.6 ± 6.4	< 0.01**
LAV index (mL/m²)	76.3 ± 12.4	64.9 ± 14.7	< 0.01**

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

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